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2011 Vermont Code
Title 13 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 153 PLACE OF TRIAL
§ 4631 Authority


13 VT Stats § 4631. (2011 through Adj Sess) What's This?

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TITLE 13

Crimes and Criminal Procedure

PART II

Criminal Procedure Generally

CHAPTER 153. PLACE OF TRIAL

Subchapter II. Change of Venue

§ 4631. Authority

The supreme court may by rule provide for change of venue in criminal prosecutions upon motion, for the prevention of prejudice to the defendant or for the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice. The court to which a prosecution is transferred shall thereby have jurisdiction of the cause, and the same proceedings shall be had therein as though the venue had not been changed. (Amended 1969, No. 22, { 1; 1973, No. 118, { 10, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), { 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 102.)

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