Maine § 15 §2151 Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences

Maine Statutes

§ 15 §2151 — Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences

Maine·Title 15 COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL·Part 4 JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS·Ch. 306-A SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT SENTENCE REVIEW

In cases arising in the District Court or the Superior Court in which a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year or more, the defendant may apply to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, for review of the sentence, except:

1.Different term could not be imposed. In any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed;

2.Plea agreements. In any case in which the particular disposition involving imprisonment was imposed as a result of a court accepting a recommendation of the type specified in the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 11A, subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4); or

3.Restitution. As limited by Title 17‑A, section 2017.

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In cases arising in the District Court or the Superior Court in which a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year or more, the defendant may apply to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, for review of the sentence, except:
1.
Different term could not be imposed.
In any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed;
2.
Plea agreements.
In any case in which the particular disposition involving imprisonment was imposed as a result of a court accepting a recommendation of the type specified in the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 11A, subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4); or
3.
Restitution.
As limited by Title 17‑A, section 2017.

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Legislative History

PL 1989, c. 218, §5 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 354, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §§ZZZ23,24 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2015, c. 431, §26 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §42 (AMD).