The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 029 : Conspiracy
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1406)-
§ 1406. Defense
It is a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the defendant renounced his or her criminal purpose by:
(1) conduct designed to prevent the commission of the crime agreed upon; or
(2) giving timely notice to a law enforcement official of the conspiracy and of the defendant’s part in it; or
(3) making a timely, positive statement to one or more of the other parties to the agreement that the defendant will not participate in the crime. (Added 1985, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
