When a defendant has been convicted or acquitted upon an indictment for an offense consisting of different degrees, the conviction or acquittal shall be a bar to another indictment for the same offense charged in the former or for any lower degree of that offense, or for an offense necessarily included therein.
[R60, § 4720; C73, § 4365; C97, § 5340; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13808; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 777.21; C79, 81, § 816.2]
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