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House clarifies admissibility standard for second stage of hold‑without‑bail hearings
Summary
S 196 clarifies that rules of evidence need not apply to the second stage of 13 VSA §7553a hold‑without‑bail hearings, aligning procedure with §7553 and intending to spare victims from compelled in‑court testimony; judiciary committee recommended concurrence and the House ordered third reading.
The House considered Senate Bill 196, a short technical bill that clarifies evidentiary standards in the second stage of so‑called "weight of the evidence" or hold‑without‑bail hearings under 13 VSA §7553a.
A presenter from the House Judiciary Committee explained that hearings under 7553 and 7553a…
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