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The Vermont courts are established in the Vermont Constitution in sections 28-41 (Judiciary Department). The justices of the Vermont Supreme Court and judges of all lower courts except assistant judges and probate judges serve for six-year terms, which are renewable following a majority retention vote in the Vermont General Assembly.
The Vermont district maintains offices in Burlington and Rutland, enabling the Marshals Service to carry out its role with respect to public safety in Vermont. [4] The U.S. Marshal for Vermont is responsible for federal law enforcement activities within the state, including apprehending fugitives and sex offenders, managing transport of federal ...
Courts of Vermont include: State courts of Vermont. Vermont Supreme Court [1] Vermont Superior Court [2] Civil Division [3] Criminal Division [4] Environmental Division [5] Family Division [6] Probate Division [7] Vermont Judicial Bureau [8] Federal courts located in Vermont. United States District Court for the District of Vermont [9]
The Vermont Supreme Court meets in a granite Beaux Arts-style building in Montpelier, just east of the Vermont State House and immediately west of The Pavilion Office Building. The building site was the original site of the first Vermont State Building, a three-story wooden colonial Georgian structure, built in 1808 by Sylvanus Baldwin. [8]
The Vermont prison system is administered by Vermont Department of Corrections. [16] There are about 2,200 inmates as of May 2007. [17] There are nine prisons in Vermont: An unusual feature of Vermont Courts is the use of side judges, elected laymen who sit with the judge in certain cases and also serve as county administrators.
Adding lay judges to the courts was a means of ensuring that pro-British or pro-New York judges could not control the courts. [16] [17] Though reorganization of the judiciary in other states eliminated the side judge position, It has continued in Vermont.
State courts of Vermont. Vermont Supreme Court [327] Vermont Superior Court [328] Civil Division [329] Criminal Division [330] Environmental Division [331] Family Division [332] Probate Division [333] Vermont Judicial Bureau [334] Federal courts located in Vermont. United States District Court for the District of Vermont [335]
James L. Oakes (1961–1965): judge of the U.S. District Court for Vermont and judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [101] [102] William Wells (1886–1887): recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. [103] Hoyt Henry Wheeler (1868–1869): judge of the United States District Court for the District of ...