Maine Statutes
§ 17-A §102-A — Military orders
Maine § 17-A §102-A
JurisdictionMaine
Title 17-AMAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 1GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Ch. 5DEFENSES AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES; JUSTIFICATION
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 17-A §102-A (2026).
Text
1.It is a defense if the person engaged in the conduct charged to constitute a crime in obedience to an order of the person's superior in the armed services that the person did not know to be unlawful.
2.If the person was reckless in failing to know the unlawful nature of such an order, the defense is unavailable in a prosecution for a crime for which recklessness suffices to establish liability.
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Legislative History
PL 1981, c. 324, §25 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 173, §17 (AMD).
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Maine § 17-A §102-A, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/17-A%20%C2%A7102-A.