No person shall be compelled to testify against himself in a criminal case nor shall any person be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. If the jury disagree, or if the judgment be arrested after the verdict, or if the judgment be reversed for error in law, the accused shall not be deemed to have been in jeopardy.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 31.

Editor's note: (1) Compare Kirschwing v. Farrar, 114 Colo. 421, 166 P. 2d 154 (1946) (civil case, blood test obtained while unconscious); Lewis v. People, 115 Colo. 435, 174 P. 2d 736 (1946) (civil case, void telephone company identification); Hanlon v. Woodhouse, 113 Colo. 504, 160 P. 2d 998 (1945) (civil case).

(2) For successive indictments and trials in federal and state courts on the same offense, compare Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U. S. 1 (1964) (referee investigation); Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U. S. 478 (1964) (right to counsel upon request on time investigation), and Bartkus v. Illinois, 359 U. S. 141 (1959); and, as to double jeopardy between cumulative state and federal courts, see Mills v. Louisiana, 360 U. S. 230 (1959); Knapp v. Schweitzer, 357 U. S. 371 (1958), and Feldman v. United States, 322 U. S. 487 (1944).

Cross references: For when prosecution is barred by former proceedings, see part 3 of article 1 of title 18.