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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 501 (2026)

Arson causing death

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(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 501)
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Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1960–2025 · leading case: In re Williams, 2014 VT 67 (Vt. 2014).
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In re Williams, 2014 VT 67 (Vt. 2014). · cites it 2× “Section 501 provides: “A person who wilfully and maliciously burns the building of another, or wilfully and maliciously sets fire to a building owned in whole or in part by himself, by means of which the life of a person is lost, shall be guilty of murder in the first degree.”
United States Ex Rel. Brown v. Smith, 200 F. Supp. 885 (D. Vt. 1962). · cites it 2× “Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 13, § 501 (1959): “A person who wilfully and maliciously burns the building of another, or wil-fully and maliciously sets fire to a building owned in whole or in part by himself, by means of which the life of a person is lost, shall be guilty of murder in the…”
State v. Brown, 160 A.2d 879 (Vt. 1960). “In accordance with the jury's verdict rendered on November 5, 1959, the Windham County Court adjudged the respondent guilty of arson causing death as set forth in the indictment in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 501. Sentence was for life imprisonment pursuant to the jury's…”
State v. Brown, 163 A.2d 845 (Vt. 1960). “The petitioner was convicted at the September Term, 1959 of Windham County Court of arson causing death, in violation of 13 V.S.A. §501. The fire, which was the cause of the indictment, was in a drug store in Brattleboro, Vermont, which at the time of the fire was managed and…”
State v. Larose, 479 A.2d 162 (Vt. 1984). “The defendant claims that the word “arson” as used in the above cited statute of limitations refers only to arson causing death, see 13 V.S.A. § 501, and first degree arson, 13 V.”
United States v. Quintin Ferguson, 131 F.4th 617 (7th Cir. 2025). “§§ 76-6-102, 76-6-103 (1986); VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 13, § 501 (1957); id.”
United States v. Quintin Ferguson (7th Cir. 2025). “§§ 76-6-102, 76-6-103 (1986); VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 13, § 501 (1957); id.”
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