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.
Vermont Legal Code
§ 6556
Vermont Title 13 — Vermont law
Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/201/06556· Version 2026