The court may appoint counsel if the prisoner is unable financially to employ counsel,
and may order that all necessary costs and expenses incident to the matter, including
court costs, stenographic services, printing, and reasonable compensation for legal
services, be paid by the State from the appropriation to the court where the sentence
was imposed. On appeal, the Supreme Court may make a similar order. (Added 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 12, 1966.)
In re Gould, 2004 VT 46 (Vt. 2004). · cites it 2ד” 13 V.S.A § 7137 (emphasis added). The *12 right to counsel provision in the PCR statute codified at 13 V.”
Trivento v. Smith, 278 A.2d 722 (Vt. 1971). “Counsel, if assigned under 13 V.S.A. § 7137, can assist the prisoner in any amendments necessary to the petition to make it technically sound and more clearly delineate the issues raised.”
Grega v. Pallito (Vt. Super. Ct. 2011). “5562 is virtually identical to the language of 13 V.S.A.§ 7137, the long-standing authority for the assignment of counsel generally with regard to post-conviction relief, the Court must assume that the Legislature contemplated that assignments under the Innocence Act would be…”
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