§ 6556. Former acquittal a bar
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.
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 201 - Pleadings and Proof; Trial
§ 6502. Presumption of innocence
§ 6504. Employment of counsel on behalf of State
§ 6555. Nolle prosequi when proof shows greater offense than charged
§ 6556. Former acquittal a bar
§ 6558. Allegation and proof of ownership
§ 6559. Allegation and proof of intent to defraud
§ 6560. Truth as defense in prosecution for libel or defamation