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Canada, like the U.S., has provisions to protect a person from "double-jeopardy" - being charged for the same crime twice. You can not be punished for the same criminal action more than once by a criminal court. If any single action could be considered a crime under more than one statute, the prosecution must choose only one offense with which to charge you.

However, unlike in the United States, the prosecution can appeal a not-guilty verdict if there is an error in the application of the law involved. In other words, you could be acquitted of an offense and still be re-tried if a legal error or impropriety occurred.

By contrast, a not-guilty verdict in the United States is final and the case can never be retried.

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