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15 ME Rev Stat § 1321 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1321. Child witnesses in certain sex crime cases

 §1321. Child witnesses in certain sex crime cases 1.  Testimony of a child outside the presence of the defendant.  Upon motion by the State prior to trial and with reasonable notice to the defendant, a court may allow a child who is 14 years of age or younger to testify outside the presence of the defendant pursuant to this section in a criminal proceeding concerning a crime under Title 17-A, chapter 11 or 12 in which the child is the alleged victim.   [PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Requirements for direct testimony outside the presence of the defendant.  Direct testimony of a child outside the presence of the defendant under subsection 1 must meet the following requirements:   A. The testimony must be conducted by way of 2-way closed-circuit television or other audiovisual electronic means;   [PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).]B. The testimony must occur at a recognized children's advocacy center with only a victim or witness advocate present in the room in which the child is testifying;   [PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).]C. The opportunity for real-time cross-examination of the child must be provided to the defendant's attorney after the child's direct testimony; and   [PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).]D. The defendant must be able to observe the testimony of the child while the child is testifying and must be able to communicate with the defendant's attorney while the child is testifying.   [PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).][PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).] 3.  Exception.  This section does not apply if the defendant is an attorney pro se or if the positive identification of the defendant is required.   [PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2021, c. 395, §1 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1361 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 2: COSTS AND FEES|15 §1361. Summons to witnesses (REPEALED)

 §1361. Summons to witnesses (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §53 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1362 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 2: COSTS AND FEES|15 §1362. Costs and fees for complainants

 §1362. Costs and fees for complainants No costs shall be allowed by such judge to complainants in any capacity; but this shall not prevent the allowance of their fees as officers to police officers and constables or for their municipalities when such police officers or constables are paid a salary or are paid upon a per diem basis by such municipalities and such officers or constables complain under authority of their municipalities or it is made their duty to do so. No witness shall be allowed in a criminal case for more than one travel, or for travel and attendance in more than one case at the same time before any judicial tribunal.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1363 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 2: COSTS AND FEES|15 §1363. Limitation of costs and fees in criminal cases

 §1363. Limitation of costs and fees in criminal cases No complainant or witness shall be allowed fees, travel and attendance in a criminal case for more than one complaint on any one day when there are other complaints against the same respondent arising out of the same transaction before any judicial tribunal.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1411 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 3: OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES|15 §1411. Short title

 §1411. Short title This subchapter may be cited as "Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from without a State in Criminal Proceedings."
15 ME Rev Stat § 1412 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 3: OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES|15 §1412. Definitions

 §1412. Definitions As used in this subchapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:   1.  State.  "State" shall include any territory of the United States and District of Columbia.   2.  Summons.  "Summons" shall include a subpoena, order or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.   3.  Witness.  "Witness" shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1413 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 3: OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES|15 §1413. Summons to testify in another state

 §1413. Summons to testify in another state If a judge of a court of record in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in this State, certifies under the seal of such court that there is a criminal prosecution pending in such court or that a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence, that a person being within this State is a material witness in such prosecution or grand jury investigation and that his presence will be required for a specified number of days, upon presentation of such certificate to any judge of a court of record in the county in which such person is, such judge shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall make an order directing the witness to appear at a time and place certain for the hearing.   If at a hearing the judge determines that the witness is material and necessary, that it will not cause undue hardship to the witness to be compelled to attend and testify in the prosecution or a grand jury investigation in the other state, and that the laws of the state in which the prosecution is pending, or grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence, and of any other state through which the witness may be required to pass by ordinary course of travel, will give to him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process, he shall issue a summons, with a copy of the certificate attached, directing the witness to attend and testify in the court where the prosecution is pending or where a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence at a time and place specified in the summons. In any such hearing the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of all the facts stated therein.   If said certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state to assure his attendance in the requesting state, such judge may, in lieu of notification of the hearing, direct that such witness be forthwith brought before him for said hearing. The judge at the hearing being satisfied of the desirability of such custody and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of such desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena or summons, order that said witness be forthwith taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state.   If the witness, who is summoned as provided, after being paid or tendered by some properly authorized person the sum of 10¢ a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending and $5 for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this State.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1414 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 3: OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES|15 §1414. Summons to testify in this State

 §1414. Summons to testify in this State If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this State, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this State or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this State to assure his attendance in this State. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record within whose territorial jurisdiction the witness is found.   If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this State, he shall be tendered the sum of 10¢ a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending and $15 for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness. In addition, such witness, upon submission of proper vouchers to the court, may be allowed reasonable allowance for meals and lodging at the discretion of the presiding justice. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the summons shall not be required to remain within this State a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this State, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this State.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1415 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 3: OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES|15 §1415. Exemption from arrest and service of process

 §1415. Exemption from arrest and service of process If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this State he shall not while in this State pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.   If a person passes through this State while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1461 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1461. Definitions

 §1461. Definitions As used in this subchapter:   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]1.  Penal institutions.  "Penal institutions" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction or other place of penal detention.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).] 2.  State.  "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory of the United States.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).] 3.  Witness.  "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1462 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1462. Summons to testify in another state

 §1462. Summons to testify in another state A judge of the state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and testify in this State, may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, that a person who is confined in a penal institution in this State may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or action, and that his presence will be required during a specified time. Upon presentation of the certificate to any judge having jurisdiction over the person confined, and upon notice to the Attorney General, the judge in this State shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall make an order directed to the person having custody of the prisoner requiring that the prisoner be produced before him at the hearing.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1463 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1463. Court order

 §1463. Court order If at the hearing the judge determines that the witness may be material and necessary, that his attending and testifying are not adverse to the interests of this State or to the health or legal rights of the witness, that the laws of the state in which he is requested to testify will give him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in the state under the order, and that as a practical matter the possibility is negligible that the witness may be subject to arrest or to the service of civil or criminal process in any state through which he will be required to pass, the judge shall issue an order, with a copy of the certificate attached, directing the witness to attend and testify, directing the person having custody of the witness to produce him, in the court where the criminal action is pending, or where the grand jury investigation is pending, at a time and place specified in the order, and prescribing such conditions as the judge shall determine.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1464 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1464. Terms and conditions

 §1464. Terms and conditions The order to the witness and to the person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the conclusion of his testimony, proper safeguards on his custody, and proper financial reimbursement or prepayment by the requesting jurisdiction for all expenses incurred in the production and return of the witness, and may prescribe such other conditions as the judge thinks proper or necessary. The order shall not become effective until the judge of the state requesting the witness enters an order directing compliance with the conditions prescribed.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1465 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1465. Exceptions

 §1465. Exceptions This subchapter does not apply to any person in this State confined as mentally ill.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1466 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1466. Summon to testify in this State

 §1466. Summon to testify in this State If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this State, a judge of the court may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or action, and that his presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1467 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1467. Compliance

 §1467. Compliance The judge of the court in this State may enter an order directing compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed by the judge of the state in which the witness is confined.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1468 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1468. Exemption from arrest and service of process

 §1468. Exemption from arrest and service of process If a witness from another state comes into or passes through this State under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, he shall not while in this State pursuant to the order be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, because of any act committed prior to his arrival in this State under the order.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1469 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1469. Uniformity of interpretation

 §1469. Uniformity of interpretation This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1470 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1470. Short title

 §1470. Short title This subchapter may be cited as the "Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act."   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1471 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 205: WITNESSES|Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES|15 §1471. Severability clause

 §1471. Severability clause If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the subchapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subchapter are severable.   [PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 317 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1701 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1701. Effect of bail following conviction and commitment (REPEALED)

 §1701. Effect of bail following conviction and commitment (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §54 (RPR). PL 1983, c. 333 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1701-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1701-A. Credit for confinement prior to sentencing (REPEALED)

 §1701-A. Credit for confinement prior to sentencing (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1973, c. 144 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 499, §2 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1701-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1701-B. Post-conviction bail (REPEALED)

 §1701-B. Post-conviction bail (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 743 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 758, §21 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1702 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1702. No punishment until conviction; costs

 §1702. No punishment until conviction; costs 1.  No punishment before conviction.  A person may not be punished for an offense until convicted of that offense in a court having jurisdiction over the person and case.   [PL 2003, c. 182, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Costs included in sentence.  If a person is convicted and the court imposes a fine, the court:   A. May sentence the defendant to pay the costs of prosecution;   [PL 2003, c. 182, §1 (NEW).]B. May sentence the defendant to pay, as restitution, the costs of drug tests, other than tests under Title 29-A, administered to the defendant by a law enforcement officer or medical personnel at the request of a law enforcement officer. The court shall transfer all amounts paid by a defendant under this paragraph to the municipal, county or state agency that incurred the costs; and   [PL 2003, c. 182, §1 (NEW).]C. Shall, if the case is prosecuted in District Court, sentence the defendant to pay a fine sufficient to cover the costs as provided in Title 4, section 173. This paragraph does not apply to defendants prosecuted for violations of Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 1-B or for violations of Title 28-A, sections 2078 and 2223.   [PL 2003, c. 182, §1 (NEW).][PL 2003, c. 182, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §55 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 499, §3 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 45, §B2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C29,C106 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 182, §1 (RPR).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1702-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1702-A. Fingerprints required on certain sentences (REPEALED)

 §1702-A. Fingerprints required on certain sentences (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 398 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 668 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1703 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1703. State Prison sentence; imprisonment for misdemeanor (REPEALED)

 §1703. State Prison sentence; imprisonment for misdemeanor (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 499, §2 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1704 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1704. Commitment in county where convicted

 §1704. Commitment in county where convicted Any person sentenced by the District Court to a term of imprisonment in a jail, not exceeding 4 months, shall be committed to the jail in the county in which such person is convicted, provided such county has a suitable jail, otherwise such commitment may be to any jail in the State.
15 ME Rev Stat § 1705 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 301: SENTENCES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|15 §1705. Expenses of prisoners from other counties

 §1705. Expenses of prisoners from other counties If a person commits a crime in one county of the State and is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a jail in a different county, the county in which the crime was committed shall pay to the other county such sum as may be agreed upon by the county commissioners of the counties for the costs of care and custody, deducting the amount received for labor. If the commissioners do not agree upon the amount to be paid, representation of the facts may be made to the Superior Court or any justice of the Superior Court, and the amount shall be determined by the court or justice, either in term time or vacation.   [PL 1985, c. 242 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 242 (RPR).