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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 509 (2026)
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(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 509)
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§ 509. Attempts
The placing or distributing of any inflammable, explosive, or combustible material or substance, or any device, in any building or property mentioned in sections 502-505 of this title in any arrangement or preparation with intent willfully and maliciously to set fire to or burn the same, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of the same shall, for the purposes of this chapter, constitute an attempt to burn such building or property.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1965–1966 · leading case: State v. Ciocca, 209 A.2d 507 (Vt. 1965).
State v. Ciocca, 209 A.2d 507 (Vt. 1965). “A related statute, 13 V.S.A. §509 is definitive of the word “attempt” as applied to crimes of arson.”
State v. Ciocca, 225 A.2d 65 (Vt. 1966). “§1201, also attempted arson, a violation of 13 V.S.A. §509. On appeal to this Court the conviction of the violation of §1201, supra, was set aside and a new trial granted.”
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