The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2301)
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§ 2301. Murder; degrees defined
Murder committed by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by willful, deliberate,
and premeditated killing, or committed in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate
arson, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery, or burglary
shall be murder in the first degree. All other kinds of murder shall be murder in
the second degree. (Amended 1983, No. 23, § 1; 2018, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.), § 12, eff. June 28, 2018.)