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.
Subchapter
001
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POSTCONVICTION DNA TESTING
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 5562)
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§ 5562. Assignment of counsel
The court may appoint counsel if the petitioner is unable financially to employ counsel
and may order that all necessary costs and expenses incident to the matter, including
court costs, stenographic services, printing, and reasonable compensation for legal
services, be paid by the State from the appropriation to the Defender General. On
appeal, the Supreme Court may make a similar order. (Added 2007, No. 60, § 1.)