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(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 7556)
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§ 7556. Appeal from conditions of release
(a) A person who is detained, or whose release on a condition requiring him or her to
return to custody after specified hours is continued, after review of his or her application
pursuant to subsection 7554(d) or (e) of this title by a judicial officer, other than
a judge of the court having original jurisdiction over the offense with which he or
she is charged or a Justice of the Supreme Court, may move the court having original
jurisdiction over the offense with which he or she is charged to amend the order.
The motion shall be determined promptly.
(b) When a person is detained after a court denies a motion under subsection (a) of this
section or when conditions of release have been imposed or amended by the judge of
the court having original jurisdiction over the offense charged, an appeal may be
taken to a single Justice of the Supreme Court who may hear the matter or at his or
her discretion refer it to the entire Supreme Court for hearing. No further appeal
may lie from the ruling of a single Justice in matters to which this subsection applies.
Any order so appealed shall be affirmed if it is supported by the proceedings below.
If the order is not supported, the Supreme Court or single Justice hearing the matter
may remand the case for a further hearing or may, with or without additional evidence,
order the person released. The appeal shall be determined forthwith.
(c) When a person is released, with or without bail or other conditions of release, an
appeal may be taken by the State to a single Justice of the Supreme Court who may
hear the matter or at his or her discretion refer it to the entire Supreme Court for
hearing. No further appeal may lie from the ruling of a single Justice in matters
to which this subsection applies. Any order so appealed shall be affirmed if it is
supported by the proceedings below. If the order is not supported, the Supreme Court
or single Justice hearing the matter may remand the case for a further hearing or
may, with or without additional evidence, modify or vacate the order. The appeal shall
be determined forthwith.
(d) A person held without bail under section 7553a of this title prior to trial shall be entitled to an independent, second evidentiary hearing on
the merits of the denial of bail, which shall be a hearing de novo by a single Justice
of the Supreme Court forthwith. Pursuant to 4 V.S.A. § 22 the Chief Justice may appoint and assign a retired justice or judge with his or her
consent or a Superior judge or District judge to a special assignment on the Supreme
Court to conduct that de novo hearing. Such hearing de novo shall be an entirely
new evidentiary hearing without regard to the record compiled before the trial court;
except, the parties may stipulate to the admission of portions of the trial court
record.
(e) A person held without bail prior to trial shall be entitled to review of that determination
by a panel of three Supreme Court Justices within seven business days after bail is
denied. (Added 1967, No. 337 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1977, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1993, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 24b, eff. May 15, 1996; 2017, No. 11, § 31.)