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Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 201 : Pleadings and Proof; Trial
Subchapter 002 : Pleadings and Proof
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 6557)-
§ 6557. Exceptions
When a person is acquitted by reason of a variance between the complaint, information, or indictment and the proof, or upon an exception to the form or substance of the complaint, information, or indictment, he or she may be arraigned again on a new complaint, information, or indictment and may be tried and convicted for the same offense notwithstanding such former acquittal.