An Act To Make Certain Statutory Changes in Light of the New Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1632
Committee Amendment CA_A_H565 (House)
Amends: 15 MRSA §454

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1108, L.D. 1632, Bill, "An Act To 
Make Certain Statutory Changes in Light of the New Maine Rules of Unified Criminal 
Procedure" 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 3 in the 3rd and 4th line (page 1, lines 17 
and 18 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "aRd the Maiae R1:1les ef Criffl:iaal 
Preeed1:1re, Rl:lle 42" and inserting the following: 'and the Maine Rules of Unified 
Criminal Procedure, Rule 42' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 6 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §454, as amended by PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. JJ, §6, is further 
amended to read: 
§454. Murder or felony murder; filing copies of proceedings; expenses 
Whenever any person is convicted of murder or felony murder, by jury verdict, court 
finding or court acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, a copy, as applicable, 
of the Maise Rl:l-l.es ef Crimiaal Preeed-ure, R1:1le 11, if applieable, transcript of the plea 
hearing, trial testimony and eharge ef the presidiag j1:1stiee, jury instructions, certified by 
the Official Court Reporter who created a transcript of the reporter's stenographic notes or 
the transcriber who created a transcript from the electronically recorded record, must be 
filed with the clerk of the court where that trial is held, and the expense for the transcript 
must be paid by the State. A copy, as applicable, of the Maiae Rtlles ef Criffl:iaal 
Preeedl:lre, Rl:l-l.e 11, if applieable, transcript of the plea hearing, trial testimony and 
eharge ef the presiding j1:1stiee, jury instructions, certified by the Official Court Reporter 
who created a transcript of the reporter's stenographic notes or the transcriber who 
created a transcript from the electronically recorded record, must be furnished by the 
clerk of court to the Secretary of State at no charge for use in any pardon hearing before 
the Governor, when the individual is indigent.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 6 in the 2nd line (page 3, line 32 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "and 41 C" and inserting the following: ', 41 C and 111' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMIITEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1108, L.D. 1632 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides technical corrections to the bill and rewrites the proposed 
changes to the law regarding filing copies of the proceedings in murder and felony 
murder cases. 
The amendment changes the requirements applicable to the assembling of records in 
cases in which a person is convicted of murder or felony murder. With respect to the 
records that must be assembled, the amendment repeals the requirement that a copy of the 
Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 11 be included, requires inclusion of a 
transcript of the plea hearing and jury instructions and repeals the requirement that the 
charge of the presiding justice be included. The amendment makes the same changes in 
the law requiring the clerk of court to provide certain records to the Secretary of State for 
use by the Governor in a pardon hearing. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT