The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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INQUESTS AS TO CRIMINAL MATTERS
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 5132)
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§ 5132. Procedure
A judge may issue necessary process to bring witnesses before him or her to give evidence
in any matter there under investigation. The witnesses shall be sworn and paid the
same fees as witnesses in the Criminal Division of the Superior Court. A judge so
conducting an inquest shall not be disqualified from trying the cause that was the
subject of inquiry at such inquest. (Amended 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 51, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154, § 238.)