{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-6556","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 6556","heading":"Former acquittal a bar","body":"A person shall not be held to answer on a second complaint, information, or indictment for an offense of which he or she was acquitted by a jury upon the merits on a former trial. Such acquittal may be pleaded in bar of a subsequent prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding defects in the form or substance of the complaint, information, or indictment on which he or she was acquitted.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 201: Pleadings and Proof; Trial","Subchapter 002: PLEADINGS AND PROOF"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/201/06556","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:58Z","sha256":"d16bbffa2b584d2c1f9022a6488b3c43a0c6fd00b7d14b484b7f243a86116276","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-6555","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-6557"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}