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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 13 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 182 INNOCENCE PROTECTION
§ 5570 Successive petitions
13 V.S.A. § 5570. What's This?
§ 5570. Successive petitions
(a) The court shall not be required to entertain a second or successive petition for similar relief on behalf of the same petitioner unless it appears the petition will be assisted by the availability of more advanced DNA technology.
(b) The court may entertain a second or successive petition if it determines that doing so would serve the interests of justice. (Added 2007, No. 60, § 1.)
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