Colorado Code § 18-1-303

Second trial barred by prosecution in another jurisdiction
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(1) If conduct
constitutes an offense within the concurrent jurisdiction of this state and of the United States, or
another state, or of a municipality, a prosecution in any other of these jurisdictions is a bar to a
subsequent prosecution in this state under either of the following circumstances:
(a) The first prosecution resulted in a conviction or an acquittal as defined in section 18-
1-301 (1)(a) and (1)(c), and the subsequent prosecution is based on the same conduct, unless:
(I) The offense for which the defendant was formerly convicted or acquitted requires
proof of a fact not required by the offense for which he is subsequently prosecuted and the law
defining each of the offenses is intended to prevent a substantially different harm or evil; or
(II) The second offense was not consummated when the former trial began.
(b) The former prosecution was terminated by an acquittal or by a final order or
judgment for the defendant that has not been set aside, reversed, or vacated and that necessarily
required a determination inconsistent with a fact that must be established for conviction of the
offense for which the defendant is subsequently prosecuted.

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