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§ 5252 -   Appointment; compensation

§ 5252. Appointment; compensation

(a) The defender general shall be appointed by the governor subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

(b) There shall be included in the qualifications for appointment that the defender general shall be an attorney-at-law who has been engaged in the practice of law or as a judge in the state of Vermont for a period of at least five out of the 10 years preceding his or her appointment. Further, he or she shall be an attorney or judge who has spent a substantial part of his or her last five years in the practice of criminal law or presiding over the adjudication of criminal cases.

(c) The defender general shall be appointed for a term of four years and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

(d) [Repealed.] (Added 1971, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. date, see note; amended 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1975, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 7, 1976; 1977, No. 109, § 33(g).)

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