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Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.640
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Rule 3.640 Effect of Granting New Trial
Part XII: Post-trial Motions
Rule Text
When a new trial is granted, the new trial shall proceed in all respects as if no former trial had occurred except that when an offense is divided into degrees or the charge includes a lesser offense, and the defendant has been found guilty of a lesser degree or lesser included offense, the defendant cannot thereafter be prosecuted for a higher degree of the same offense or for a higher offense than that of which the defendant was convicted.