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Subchapter
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OFFICE OF DEFENDER GENERAL
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 5252)
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§ 5252. Appointment; compensation
(a) The Defender General shall be appointed by the Governor subject to the advice and
consent of the Senate.
(b) There shall be included in the qualifications for appointment that the Defender General
shall be an attorney-at-law who has been engaged in the practice of law or as a judge
in the State of Vermont for a period of at least five out of the 10 years preceding
his or her appointment. Further, he or she shall be an attorney or judge who has
spent a substantial part of his or her last five years in the practice of criminal
law or presiding over the adjudication of criminal cases.
(c) The Defender General shall be appointed for a term of four years and until his or
her successor is appointed and qualified.
(d) [Repealed.] (Added 1971, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. date, see note; amended 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1975, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 7, 1976; 1977, No. 109, § 33(g).)