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Maine Statute | Act | Code |Title 15. Court Procedure -- Criminal| US Code - US Statute | Chapter 07. Fresh Pursuit
Title : Title 15. COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
Chapter : Chapter 07. FRESH PURSUIT
Title 15 - §151. Title
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 1: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GENERALLY Chapter 7: FRESH PURSUIT §151. Title This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit." The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 15 - §152. Fresh pursuit defined
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 1: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GENERALLY Chapter 7: FRESH PURSUIT §152. Fresh pursuit defined The term "fresh pursuit" as used in this chapter includes fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and the pursuit of a
person who has committed a crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment equal to or exceeding one year, who is reasonably
suspected of having committed such a crime or who is reasonably suspected of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor or drugs. It shall include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed crime
punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment equal to or exceeding one year, though no such crime has actually been committed,
if there is reasonable ground for believing that such a crime has been committed. Fresh pursuit as used in this chapter shall
not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay. [1987, c. 791, §1 (amd).]Section History: PL 1979,
§87 (AMD).
Ch. 791,
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 15 - §153. State defined
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 1: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GENERALLY Chapter 7: FRESH PURSUIT §153. State defined For the purpose of this chapter the word "state" shall include the District of Columbia. The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 15 - §154. Arrest; exception
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 1: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GENERALLY Chapter 7: FRESH PURSUIT §154. Arrest; exception Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal police unit of another state of the United States, who enters this
State in fresh pursuit and continues within this State in such fresh pursuit of a person in order to arrest him on the ground
that he is believed to have committed a crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment equal to or exceeding one year
or to have operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs in such other state, shall have
the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody as has any member of any duly organized state, county or municipal
police unit of this State to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he is believed to have committed such
a crime or operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs in this State. This section
shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this State which would otherwise be lawful. [1987, c. 791, §2 (amd).]Section History: PL 1979,
§88 (AMD).
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 15 - §155. Hearing
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 1: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GENERALLY Chapter 7: FRESH PURSUIT §155. Hearing If an arrest is made in this State by an officer of another state in accordance with section 154, he shall without unnecessary
delay take the person arrested before a magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing
for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was lawful, he shall
commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the Governor of this State
or admit him to bail for such purpose. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was unlawful, he shall discharge the person
arrested. The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or