Rule 28 – Interpreter Services

The court must provide competent interpreter services when such services are necessary to ensure meaningful access to all court proceedings and court-managed functions in or related to criminal actions for a party, witness, or other person whose presence or...

Rule 26 – Evidence

(a) Form. In all trials the testimony of witnesses shall be taken orally in open court, unless otherwise provided by these rules, the Vermont Rules of Evidence, or other rules adopted by the Supreme Court. (b) Examination of Witnesses. Except with leave of court, a...

Rule 25 – Disability of a Judge

If by reason of death, sickness, or other disability or unavailability, the judge before whom an action has been tried is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court after a verdict of guilty, then a Supreme Court Justice or a Superior Judge designated...