Vermont § 1406 Defense

Vermont Statutes

§ 1406 — Defense

Vermont § 1406

Title 13Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Ch. 29Chapter 029: Conspiracy

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 1406 (2026).

Text

It is a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the defendant renounced his or her criminal purpose by:

(1)conduct designed to prevent the commission of the crime agreed upon; or

(2)giving timely notice to a law enforcement official of the conspiracy and of the defendant’s part in it; or

(3)making a timely, positive statement to one or more of the other parties to the agreement that the defendant will not participate in the crime. (Added 1985, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)

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It is a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the defendant renounced his or her criminal purpose by:
(1) conduct designed to prevent the commission of the crime agreed upon; or
(2) giving timely notice to a law enforcement official of the conspiracy and of the defendant’s part in it; or
(3) making a timely, positive statement to one or more of the other parties to the agreement that the defendant will not participate in the crime. (Added 1985, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)