Supreme Court of Vermont, 2006

The Vermont Supreme Court held that the statutory provision allowing cash‑only bail under 13 V.S.A. § 7554(a)(1)(F) violates the Vermont Constitution’s guarantee that all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties.

The Vermont Supreme Court reversed and remanded the judgment because the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury that the defendant bore the burden of proving the plaintiff's comparative negligence, a reversible error.