Maine § 15 §3313 Criteria for withholding an institutional disposition

Maine Statutes

§ 15 §3313 — Criteria for withholding an institutional disposition

Maine § 15 §3313

Title 15COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 6MAINE JUVENILE CODE

Ch. 507PETITION, ADJUDICATION AND DISPOSITION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 15 §3313 (2026).

Text

1.Standard. The court shall enter an order of disposition for a juvenile who has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime without imposing placement in a secure institution as disposition unless, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the crime and the history, character and condition of the juvenile, it finds that the confinement of the juvenile is necessary for protection of the public because:

2.Additional consideration. The following grounds, while not controlling the discretion of the court, must be accorded weight against ordering placement in a secure institution:

3.Statement of reasons accompanying disposition for juvenile adjudicated of murder or a Class A, Class B or Class C crime. In a disposition for a juvenile crime that if committed by an adult would

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Standard.
The court shall enter an order of disposition for a juvenile who has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime without imposing placement in a secure institution as disposition unless, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the crime and the history, character and condition of the juvenile, it finds that the confinement of the juvenile is necessary for protection of the public because:
2.
Additional consideration.
The following grounds, while not controlling the discretion of the court, must be accorded weight against ordering placement in a secure institution:
3.
Statement of reasons accompanying disposition for juvenile adjudicated of murder or a Class A, Class B or Class C crime.
In a disposition for a juvenile crime that if committed by an adult would be murder or a Class A, Class B or Class C crime, the court shall state on the record and in open court the court's reasons for ordering or not ordering placement of the juvenile in a secure institution.

Legislative History

PL 1977, c. 520, §1 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 663, §§118,119 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 690, §5 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 474, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 525, §26 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 326, §§6-10 (AMD).