autrefois acquit การใช้

• What applies in such circumstances is the principle of " autrefois acquit or " autrefois convict ".
• The plea of autrefois acquit is a form of estoppel by which the Crown cannot reassert the guilt of the accused after they have been acquitted.
• A plea of " autrefois acquit " is one in which the defendant claims to have been previously acquitted for the same offence and thus should not be tried again.
• In common law countries, a defendant may enter a peremptory plea of " autrefois acquit " ( formerly acquitted ) or " autrefois convict " ( formerly convicted ), with the same effect.
• In the common law, the "'peremptory pleas "'( "'pleas in bar "') are pleas that set out special reasons for which a autrefois convict, the plea of autrefois acquit, and the plea of pardon.
• In some countries, such as the United States, under the rules of double jeopardy and " autrefois acquit ", an acquittal operates to bar the retrial of the accused for the same offense, even if new evidence surfaces that further implicates the accused.