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13 V.S.A. § 6647
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 203 - Evidence|§ 6647. Fees and penalties

§ 6647. Fees and penalties|If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this State, he or she shall be tendered the sum of 10 cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where such action is pending and $10.00 a day for each day that he or she is required to travel and attend as a witness. The witness fee shall be paid by the party who sought the attendance of the witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this State a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this State, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he or she shall be punished in the manner provided for in section 6645 of this title. (Amended 1991, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 94(d).)
13 V.S.A. § 6648
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 203 - Evidence|§ 6648. Exemption from arrest and service of process

§ 6648. Exemption from arrest and service of process|(a) If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him or her to attend and testify in such action in this State, he or she shall not, while in this State pursuant to such summons, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters that arose before his or her entrance under the summons.(b) If a person passes through this State while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in such action in that state or while returning therefrom, he or she shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters that arose before his or her entrance into this State under the summons.
13 V.S.A. § 6649
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 203 - Evidence|§ 6649. Uniform interpretation

§ 6649. Uniform interpretation|This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it.
13 V.S.A. § 7001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7001. Conviction by court having jurisdiction

§ 7001. Conviction by court having jurisdiction|A person shall not be punished for an offense unless he or she is convicted thereof in a court having jurisdiction of the cause and the person.
13 V.S.A. § 7002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7002. Conviction to be by plea, verdict, or judgment

§ 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.)
13 V.S.A. § 7004
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7004. Record of convictions; report to Commissioner of Public Safety

§ 7004. Record of convictions; report to Commissioner of Public Safety|In all cases of felony or misdemeanor in which a conviction or plea of guilty is had in their respective courts, clerks of the Superior Court shall forthwith forward to the Commissioner of Public Safety, on quadruplicate forms to be furnished by him or her, for file in the identification and records division of the Department of Public Safety, a certified report of the conviction, together with the sentence and any other facts that may be required by the Commissioner. A fee of $0.50 for such certified report shall be allowed by the Commissioner of Finance and Management in settlement of the accounts of such courts. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 56, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 112.)
13 V.S.A. § 7030
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7030. Sentencing alternatives

§ 7030. Sentencing alternatives|(a) In determining which of the following should be ordered, the court shall consider the nature and circumstances of the crime, the history and character of the defendant, the need for treatment, and the risk to self, others, and the community at large presented by the defendant:  (1) A deferred sentence pursuant to section 7041 of this title. (2) Referral to a community reparative board pursuant to 28 V.S.A. chapter 12 in the case of an offender who has pled guilty to a nonviolent felony, a nonviolent misdemeanor, or a misdemeanor that does not involve the subject areas prohibited for referral to a community justice center under 24 V.S.A. § 1967. Referral to a community reparative board pursuant to this subdivision does not require the court to place the offender on probation. The offender shall return to court for further sentencing if the reparative board does not accept the case or if the offender fails to complete the reparative board program to the satisfaction of the board in a time deemed reasonable by the board. (3) Probation pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 205. (4) Supervised community sentence pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 352. (5) Sentence of imprisonment.   (b) When ordering a sentence of probation, the court may require participation in the Restorative Justice Program established by 28 V.S.A. chapter 12 as a condition of the sentence. (Added 1989, No. 291 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 61, eff. May 24, 2000; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § D11.)
13 V.S.A. § 7032
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7032. Consecutive sentences

§ 7032. Consecutive sentences|(a) If a person who has been sentenced to a term or terms of imprisonment is convicted of another offense punishable by imprisonment before he or she has been discharged from the former sentence or sentences, the court may sentence him or her to an additional term of imprisonment and shall specify whether this additional term shall be served concurrent with or consecutive to the prior sentence or sentences.(b) In any case where a person is convicted of two or more offenses punishable by imprisonment and is sentenced for more than one of these offenses, he or she may be sentenced to as many terms as there are offenses of which he or she is convicted. When such multiple sentences are imposed they shall run concurrent with or consecutive to each other as the court determines at the time of sentencing and each shall run from its respective date of commitment after sentence. When such multiple sentences are in addition to a prior sentence or sentences from which the person has not yet been discharged, they shall run concurrently with or consecutive to any prior sentence or sentences as the court shall determine at the time of sentencing.(c) In all cases where multiple or additional sentences have been or are imposed, the term or terms of imprisonment under those sentences shall be determined in accordance with the following definitions:  (1) When terms run concurrently, the shorter minimum terms merge in and are satisfied by serving the longest minimum and the shorter maximum terms merge in and are satisfied by discharge of the longest maximum term. (2) When terms run consecutively, the minimum terms are added to arrive at an aggregate minimum to be served equal to the sum of all minimum terms and the maximum terms are added to arrive at an aggregate maximum equal to the sum of all maximum terms. A person shall serve no more time on consecutive minimum sentences than the sum of the minimum terms, regardless of whether the sentences are imposed on the same or different dates. If a person has served a minimum term and subsequently incurs another criminal charge, the time the person spends in custody awaiting disposition of the new charge shall count toward the minimum term of the new sentence, if one is imposed. This subdivision shall not require the Department of Corrections to release a person from incarceration to community supervision at the person's minimum term. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2013, No. 4, § 2, eff. April 3, 2013.)
13 V.S.A. § 7033
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7033. Commitment for different offenses on one mittimus

§ 7033. Commitment for different offenses on one mittimus|When a person is convicted before the same court of different offenses, upon all of which he or she is lawfully sentenced to imprisonment, he or she may be committed for all of such offenses upon one mittimus, and the mittimus shall recite the sentence in each case, and contain an order that unless all fines are paid before the expiration of the term or terms of imprisonment, such person shall be imprisoned as provided when a fine only is imposed. Such a term of imprisonment for nonpayment of a fine shall be served consecutive to the previous term or terms to which the respondent is sentenced. (Amended 1969, No. 131, § 3, eff. April 23, 1969; 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
13 V.S.A. § 7035
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7035. Commitment on more than one mittimus; length of sentence

§ 7035. Commitment on more than one mittimus; length of sentence|The Commissioner of Corrections shall hold an inmate committed to his or her custody on one or more than one mittimus for the term or terms contained therein, and the inmate shall have the same right of lessening a term of imprisonment by payment of fines as is provided in other cases. (Amended 1969, No. 131, § 4, eff. April 23, 1969; 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
13 V.S.A. § 7039
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7039. Manner of committing to jail

§ 7039. Manner of committing to jail|When a prisoner is committed to jail on criminal process, the commitment shall be in the manner prescribed for commitments on civil process.
13 V.S.A. § 7042
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7042. Sentence review

§ 7042. Sentence review|(a) Any court imposing a sentence under the authority of this title, within 90 days of the imposition of that sentence, or within 90 days after entry of any order or judgment of the Supreme Court upholding a judgment of conviction, may upon its own initiative or motion of the defendant, reduce the sentence.(b) A State's Attorney or the Attorney General, within seven business days of the imposition of a sentence, may file with the sentencing judge a motion to increase, reduce, or otherwise modify the sentence. This motion shall set forth reasons why the sentence should be altered. After hearing, the court may confirm, increase, reduce, or otherwise modify the sentence.(c) After a motion is filed under subsection (b) of this section, a defendant's time for filing an appeal under 12 V.S.A. § 2383 shall commence to run upon entry of a final order under subsection (b). (Added 1977, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2017, No. 11, § 29.)
13 V.S.A. § 7043a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7043a. Licenses or governmental contracts

§ 7043a. Licenses or governmental contracts|(a) As used in this section, "license" means any license, certification, or registration issued by an agency to conduct a trade or business, including a license to practice a profession or occupation, or a license required to engage in recreational activities, including a license to hunt, fish, or trap.(b) Every applicant for a license shall sign a statement that the applicant is in good standing with respect to any restitution order. A license may not be issued or renewed without such a statement.(c) For the purposes of this section, a person is in good standing with respect to any restitution order if:  (1) 60 days or fewer have elapsed since the date a restitution judgment was issued; (2) the person is in compliance with a repayment plan approved by the restitution unit; or (3) the person is in compliance with a court-ordered restitution judgment order. (Added 2007, No. 51, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.)
13 V.S.A. § 7044
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7044. Sentence calculation; notice to defendant

§ 7044. Sentence calculation; notice to defendant|(a) Within 30 days after sentencing in all cases where the court imposes a sentence which includes a period of incarceration to be served, the Commissioner of Corrections shall provide to the court and the Office of the Defender General a calculation of the potential shortest and longest lengths of time the defendant may be incarcerated taking into account the provisions for reductions of term pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 811 based on the sentence or sentences the defendant is serving, and the effect of any credit for time served as ordered by the court pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7031. The Commissioner's calculation shall be a public record.(b) In all cases where the court imposes a sentence that includes a period of incarceration to be served, the Department of Corrections shall provide the defendant with a copy and explanation of the sentence calculation made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. (Added 1995, No. 50, § 3; amended 2009, No. 58, § 16.)
13 V.S.A. § 7045
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7045. Life without parole sentence prohibited for persons under 18 years of age

§ 7045. Life without parole sentence prohibited for persons under 18 years of age|A court shall not sentence a person to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if the person was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense. (Added 2015, No. 22, § 1, eff. May 14, 2015.)
13 V.S.A. § 7101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7101. Sentence and warrant

§ 7101. Sentence and warrant|In pronouncing sentence of death upon a person who is convicted of a capital crime, the court shall appoint a week within which the sentence shall be executed. At the time of such sentence, the court shall order a warrant to be issued by the clerk, under the seal of the court for the county in which such sentence is passed, to be directed to the Commissioner of Corrections, stating the conviction and sentence and commanding him or her to cause execution to be done in accordance with the provisions of such sentence, upon a day within the week so appointed. At the same time, the clerk shall transmit to the sheriff of the county in which such sentence is passed a mittimus directing him or her to deliver the body of such person to the Commissioner of Corrections and deliver to him or her a true and attested copy of such mittimus, the original of which shall be returned by the sheriff to the court from which issued. Unless a reprieve is granted or the inmate is pardoned, the sentence of death shall be executed by the Commissioner of Corrections, or by a person acting under his or her direction, within the week appointed by the court. If a reprieve is granted, the sentence of death shall be executed within the week beginning on the day next after the day on which the term of respite expires, and such sentence shall be executed on such day within such week as the Commissioner elects. Previous announcement thereof shall not be made, except to such persons as are to be present. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
13 V.S.A. § 7102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7102. Pardon

§ 7102. Pardon|If such inmate is pardoned by the Governor, the Governor shall forthwith issue his or her warrant to the Commissioner of Corrections superseding the original warrant provided for in section 7101 of this title. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
13 V.S.A. § 7103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7103. Place of execution

§ 7103. Place of execution|The sentence of death shall be carried into effect at a place designated by the Commissioner of Corrections. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
13 V.S.A. § 7104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7104. Manner of confinement

§ 7104. Manner of confinement|When the sentence of death is imposed, the court shall sentence, at the same time, the respondent to the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections until the time of execution. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
13 V.S.A. § 7105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7105. Persons present at execution

§ 7105. Persons present at execution|There shall be present at the execution of the sentence of death, the Commissioner of Corrections or in case of his or her disability, the keeper, the person who is to perform the execution and his or her assistant, such persons as the Commissioner shall designate, and two physicians approved by the Commissioner. The physicians present shall be the legal witnesses of the execution. There may also be present the sheriff of the county in which the condemned was convicted or one of his or her deputies approved by him or her, such clergyman as the condemned may desire, and not more than three other persons to be selected by the Commissioner. There shall be paid to the person actually performing the execution and to his or her assistant such sums for services and expenses as the Commissioner shall approve. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
13 V.S.A. § 7106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7106. Manner of execution

§ 7106. Manner of execution|The punishment of death shall be inflicted by causing to pass through the body of the convict a current of electricity of sufficient intensity to cause death, and the application of such current shall be continued until such convict is dead.
13 V.S.A. § 7107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7107. Returns of Commissioner

§ 7107. Returns of Commissioner|When the Commissioner of Corrections inflicts the punishment of death upon an inmate, in obedience to a warrant as aforesaid, he or she shall forthwith return a copy thereof with his or her doings thereon to the Office of the Secretary of State, and shall forthwith return the original warrant with his or her doings thereon to the court from which it was issued. The clerk thereof shall subjoin to the record of the sentence a brief abstract of the Commissioner's return upon such warrant. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
13 V.S.A. § 7131
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7131. Prisoner in custody under sentence

§ 7131. Prisoner in custody under sentence|A prisoner who is in custody under sentence of a court and claims the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the constitution or laws of the United States, or of the State of Vermont, or that the court was without jurisdiction to impose the sentence, or that the sentence was in excess of the maximum authorized by law, or is otherwise subject to collateral attack, may at any time move the Superior Court of the county where the sentence was imposed to vacate, set aside or correct the sentence. However, the Superior or District judge who presided when the original sentence was imposed shall not hear the application. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 1(a), eff. March 12, 1966; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
13 V.S.A. § 7132
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7132. Contents of motion

§ 7132. Contents of motion|The motion may be informal, but shall identify the offense, the date of sentencing, and the alleged violation or defect in the sentence. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 1(b), eff. March 12, 1966.)
13 V.S.A. § 7133
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7133. Notice and hearing

§ 7133. Notice and hearing|Unless the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the State's Attorney and Attorney General, grant a prompt hearing thereon, determine the issues and make findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect thereto. The court may entertain and decide the motion without requiring the production of the prisoner at the hearing but the prisoner may attend if he or she so requests. If the court finds that the judgment was made without jurisdiction, or that the sentence imposed was not authorized by law or is otherwise open to collateral attack, or that there has been such a denial or infringement of the constitutional rights of the prisoner as to make the judgment vulnerable to collateral attack, it shall vacate and set the judgment aside and shall discharge the prisoner or resentence him or her or grant a new trial or correct the sentence as may appear appropriate. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 1(c), eff. March 12, 1966.)
13 V.S.A. § 7134
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7134. Successive motions

§ 7134. Successive motions|The court is not required to entertain a second or successive motion for similar relief on behalf of the same prisoner. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 1(d), eff. March 12, 1966.)
13 V.S.A. § 7135
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7135. Appeals

§ 7135. Appeals|An appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court from the order entered on the motion. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 1(e), eff. March 12, 1966.)
13 V.S.A. § 7136
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 221 - Judgment, Sentence, and Execution|§ 7136. Priority of procedure

§ 7136. Priority of procedure|An application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a prisoner entitled to move for relief under sections 7131-7135 of this title, shall not be entertained if it appears that the applicant has failed to apply for relief under this subchapter and 12 V.S.A. §§ 3953 and 3957 or that the court has denied him or her relief, unless it also appears that the remedy by motion is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of his or her detention. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 12, 1966.)