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Vermont Statutes Title 13. Crimes and Criminal Procedure, § 6556. Former acquittal a bar

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A person shall not be held to answer on a second complaint, information, or indictment for an offense of which he or she was acquitted by a jury upon the merits on a former trial. Such acquittal may be pleaded in bar of a subsequent prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding defects in the form or substance of the complaint, information, or indictment on which he or she was acquitted.

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