§ 29-25-06 — Judgment arrested - Further prosecution - Acquittal

North Dakota § 29-25-06

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 29: Judicial Procedure, Criminal
• Ch. 29-25: Motion in Arrest of Judgment

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If, from the evidence in a trial, there is reason to believe the defendant guilty, and a new
information or indictment can be framed upon which the defendant may be convicted, the court
may order the defendant to be recommitted to the officer of the proper county, or admitted to
bail anew, to answer the new information or indictment. If the evidence shows the defendant
guilty of another offense, the defendant must be committed or held thereon, and in neither case
may the verdict be a bar to another prosecution. If no evidence appears sufficient to charge the
defendant with any offense, the defendant, if in custody, must be discharged, or if admitted to
bail, the defendant's bail must be exonerated, or if money has been deposited instead of bail, it
must be refunded, and the arrest of judgment operates as an acquittal of the defendant of the
charge upon which the information or indictment was founded.