Maine Statutes
§ 15 §815 — Communication between prosecutor and unrepresented defendant in criminal prosecutions
Maine·Title 15 COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL·Part 2 PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL·Ch. 105 EXAMINATION, ARRAIGNMENT AND RECOGNIZANCE
1.Requirements for communication.
To ensure that all waivers of the right to counsel are made knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently, a prosecutor may not communicate with an unrepresented defendant concerning the facts, circumstances, merits or disposition of a pending criminal charge against the defendant unless:
2.Exception.
Notwithstanding subsection 1, a prosecutor may communicate with an unrepresented defendant at any time to:
3.Application.
This section does not apply to:
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Legislative History
PL 2021, c. 480, §1 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 668, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 340, §§1-3 (AMD).
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