Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 7001 (2026)
Conviction by court having jurisdiction
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Subchapter 001 : GENERALLY
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 7001)-
§ 7001. Conviction by court having jurisdiction
A person shall not be punished for an offense unless he or she is convicted thereof in a court having jurisdiction of the cause and the person.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1977–2018 · leading case: State v. Lapham, 377 A.2d 249 (Vt. 1977).
State v. Lapham, 377 A.2d 249 (Vt. 1977). “Likewise, no support for this contention is found in 13 V.”
Bullis v. Menard (Vt. Super. Ct. 2018). “Bullis also cites 13 V.S.A. §§ 7001, 7002, but they have no apparent bearing on this suit.”
United States v. Labor, 31 F. Supp. 2d 366 (D. Vt. 1998). “Further, the general sentencing statutes found at Vt.Stat. Ann. tit. 13 § 7001 and § 7002 clearly equate conviction with a plea or verdict of guilty and separate it from judgment or sentencing by predicating the latter upon the former.”
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