Maine § 17-A §9 Indictment and jurisdiction

Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §9 — Indictment and jurisdiction

Maine § 17-A §9

Title 17-AMAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 1GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Ch. 1PRELIMINARY

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 17-A §9 (2026).

Text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law:

1.All proceedings for Class A, B and C crimes must be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived, in which case prosecution must be as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule;

2.All proceedings for murder shall be prosecuted by indictment; and

3.The District Courts have jurisdiction to try civil violations and Class D and E crimes and to impose sentence in Class A, B and C crimes in which the District Court has accepted a plea of guilty.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
1.
All proceedings for Class A, B and C crimes must be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived, in which case prosecution must be as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule;
2.
All proceedings for murder shall be prosecuted by indictment; and
3.
The District Courts have jurisdiction to try civil violations and Class D and E crimes and to impose sentence in Class A, B and C crimes in which the District Court has accepted a plea of guilty.

Legislative History

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §17 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 510, §19 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 4, §2 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 326, §2 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 326, §5 (AFF).