by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Vermont
(a) Alternatives.(1)In General. A defendant may plead not guilty, guilty or nolo contendere. If a defendant refuses to plead or a defendant corporation fails to appear, the court shall enter a plea of not guilty. (2)Conditional Pleas. With the approval of the court...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Vermont
Arraignment shall be conducted in open court and shall consist of reading the indictment or information to the defendant, unless he intelligently waives such reading, and calling on him to plead thereto. Vt. R. Crim. P. 10
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Vermont
Vt. R. Crim. P. 9
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Vermont
(a) Joinder of Offenses. Two or more offenses may be joined in one information or indictment, with each offense stated in a separate count, when the offenses, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both, (1) are of the same or similar character, even if not part of a...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Vermont
(a) Use of Indictment or Information. Any offense may be prosecuted by indictment or information at the option of the prosecuting officer. An information may be filed without leave of court. Pending an indictment a person may be proceeded against by information and...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Vermont
(a) Summoning Grand Juries.(1)In General. On the request of a prosecuting attorney, or the Governor, the Presiding Judge of a superior court, or another judge assigned to that unit ofthe superior court must order the clerk of the unit to draw a grand jury to be...
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