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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GENERALLY
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 7002)
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§ 7002. Conviction to be by plea, verdict, or judgment
A person shall not be punished for an offense unless by confession of his or her guilt
in open court, or by admitting the truth of the charge against him or her by his or
her plea or demurrer, or by the verdict of a jury accepted by the court and recorded,
or by the judgment of a Criminal Division of the Superior Court when the respondent
waives trial by jury. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 55, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154, § 238.)