The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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COMPENSATION FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 5573)
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§ 5573. Complaint
(a) A complaint filed under this subchapter shall be supported by facts and shall allege
that:
(1) the complainant has been convicted of a felony crime, been sentenced to a term of
imprisonment, and served at least six months of the sentence in a correctional facility;
and
(2) the complainant was exonerated through the complainant’s conviction being reversed
or vacated, the information or indictment being dismissed, the complainant being acquitted
after a second or subsequent trial, or the granting of a pardon.
(b) The court may dismiss the complaint, upon its own motion or upon motion of the State,
if it determines that the complaint does not state a claim for which relief may be
granted. (Added 2007, No. 60, § 1; amended 2013, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)