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15 ME Rev Stat § 1258-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 203: JURIES|15 §1258-A. Voir dire

 §1258-A. Voir dire Any rule of court or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, the court shall permit voir dire examination to be conducted by the parties or their attorneys under its direction.   [PL 1965, c. 482, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 482, §2 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1259 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 203: JURIES|15 §1259. Challenges for cause

 §1259. Challenges for cause Challenges for cause shall be allowed to the prosecuting officer and the accused as in civil cases, but no member of a grand jury finding an indictment shall sit on the trial thereof, if challenged therefor by the accused.   [PL 1965, c. 356, §48 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §48 (RPR).
15 ME Rev Stat § 1260 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 3: TRIALS|Chapter 203: JURIES|15 §1260. View by jury

 §1260. View by jury The court may order a view by any jury in a criminal case.
15 ME Rev Stat § 2111 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2111. Appeals from the District Court

 §2111. Appeals from the District Court 1.  Appeal of judgment of conviction or order to the Law Court.  Except as otherwise specifically provided, in any criminal proceeding in the District Court, a defendant aggrieved by a judgment of conviction, ruling or order may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court.   [PL 2001, c. 471, Pt. D, §16 (AMD).] 2.  Appeal to the Superior Court.  If an appeal from the District Court must be taken to the Superior Court, the appeal must be to the Superior Court in the county where the offense on which the judgment of conviction or order was rendered is alleged to have been committed. Venue may be transferred at the discretion of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court.   [PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §15 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §42 (AFF).] 3.  Time for taking of appeal.  The Supreme Judicial Court shall provide by rule the time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking of the appeal.   [PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §15 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §42 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §59 (RPR). PL 1969, c. 501, §2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 647, §4 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 166, §1 (RPR). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ15 (RPR). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 471, §D16 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2112 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2112. Failure to prosecute appeal (REPEALED)

 §2112. Failure to prosecute appeal (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §60 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 166, §2 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2113 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2113. Withdrawal of appeal; fees of jailer (REPEALED)

 §2113. Withdrawal of appeal; fees of jailer (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §61 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2114 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2114. Defendant may make election of trial

 §2114. Defendant may make election of trial In all Class D and E criminal proceedings, the defendant may waive the defendant's right to jury trial and elect to be tried in the District Court, as provided by rule of the Supreme Judicial Court.   [PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §16 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §42 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §62 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 520 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 139 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 663, §109 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 487, §1 (RPR). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ16 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2115 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2115. Appeals from the Superior Court

 §2115. Appeals from the Superior Court In any criminal proceeding in the Superior Court, any defendant aggrieved by a judgment of conviction, ruling or order may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court. The Supreme Judicial Court shall provide by rule the time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking of the appeal.   [PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §17 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §42 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §63 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 166, §3 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ17 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 475, §5 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2115-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2115-B. Appeal by aggrieved contemnor

 §2115-B. Appeal by aggrieved contemnor 1.  Summary contempt proceedings involving punitive sanctions.  In a summary contempt proceeding involving punitive sanctions, accompanied or unaccompanied by remedial sanctions, instituted under the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, before a Judge of the District Court or Probate Court or a Justice of the Superior Court or the Supreme Judicial Court, a contemnor who is aggrieved by an order and imposition of a punitive sanction may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court, as provided under section 2111 or 2115 and the applicable Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure.   [PL 2007, c. 552, §3 (AMD).] 2.  Plenary contempt proceedings involving punitive sanctions.  In a plenary contempt proceeding involving punitive sanctions, accompanied or unaccompanied by remedial sanctions, instituted under the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66, any contemnor aggrieved by an adjudication and imposition of a punitive sanction may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court, as provided under section 2111 or 2115 and the applicable Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure.   [PL 2007, c. 552, §3 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 317, §B1 (NEW). RR 1999, c. 2, §16 (COR). RR 1999, c. 2, §17 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ22 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 17, §3 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 552, §3 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2116 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2116. Court action after federal court has acted

 §2116. Court action after federal court has acted Whenever any federal court finds that a prisoner in any penal institution in this State has been deprived of any of the rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution of the United States before, at or after his trial, so that the judgment or sentence or both are erroneous and said court holds the case on its docket pending corrective action by the proper state official, the Attorney General may act as follows. He may file a petition in the Superior Court of the county where the prisoner was tried and convicted in term time or with any justice of said court in vacation, setting forth the petition of the prisoner to the federal court and the decision of that court, and the Superior Court of conviction or any justice thereof in vacation shall then recall the judgment and sentence held erroneous and order it stricken from the records of said court and shall set the prisoner down for trial if in term time or bind him over to the next criminal term in said county if in vacation, after setting his bail. If the sentence only is erroneous, the Superior Court of the county of conviction in term time or any justice thereof in vacation, on presentation of the Attorney General's petition, shall recall the erroneous sentence and order it stricken from the records and shall, in term time or in vacation, sentence the prisoner anew in accordance with the indictment against said prisoner.
15 ME Rev Stat § 2117 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305: APPEALS|15 §2117. Objections in criminal cases

 §2117. Objections in criminal cases For all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary in criminal cases, it is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take or his objection to the action of the court and his grounds therefor. If a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order, the absence of an objection does not thereafter prejudice him.   [PL 1965, c. 356, §64 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 356, §64 (RPR).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2122 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2122. Purpose

 §2122. Purpose This chapter provides a comprehensive and, except for direct appeals from a criminal judgment, exclusive method of review of those criminal judgments and of post-sentencing proceedings occurring during the course of sentences. It is a remedy for illegal restraint and other impediments specified in section 2124 that have occurred directly or indirectly as a result of an illegal criminal judgment or post-sentencing proceeding. It replaces the remedies available pursuant to post-conviction habeas corpus, to the extent that review of a criminal conviction or proceedings were reviewable, the remedies available pursuant to common law habeas corpus, including habeas corpus as recognized in Title 14, sections 5501 and 5509 to 5546, coram nobis, audita querela, writ of error, declaratory judgment and any other previous common law or statutory method of review, except appeal of a judgment of conviction or juvenile adjudication and remedies that are incidental to proceedings in the trial court. The substantive extent of the remedy of post-conviction review is defined in this chapter and not defined in the remedies that it replaces; provided that this chapter provides and is construed to provide relief for those persons required to use this chapter as required by the Constitution of Maine, Article I, Section 10.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 399, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 601, §4 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2123 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2123. Jurisdiction and venue

 §2123. Jurisdiction and venue 1.  Jurisdiction.  Jurisdiction shall be in the Superior Court.   [PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW).] 1-A.  Supreme Court Justice or authorized Judge of the District Court.  A single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or a judge authorized to sit in the Superior Court on post-conviction review cases has and shall exercise jurisdiction and has and shall exercise all of the powers, duties and authority necessary for exercising the same jurisdiction as the Superior Court relative to a post-conviction review proceeding.   [PL 2003, c. 29, §2 (AMD).] 2.  Venue.  Venue must be in the county in which the criminal judgment was entered. Venue may be transferred by the assigned justice or judge at that assigned justice's or judge's discretion.   [RR 2011, c. 2, §13 (COR).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 235, §3 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 816, §B4 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 209, §2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 29, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 601, §5 (AMD). RR 2011, c. 2, §13 (COR).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2123-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2123-A. Method of review for administrative actions not included in the definition of "post-sentencing proceeding"

 §2123-A. Method of review for administrative actions not included in the definition of "post-sentencing proceeding" Remedial relief from administrative actions occurring during the course of and pursuant to the operation of a sentence that affects whether there is incarceration or its length that are not included in the definition of "post-sentencing proceeding" in section 2121, subsection 2 is exclusively provided by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 7.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2011, c. 601, §6 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2125 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2125. Ground for relief

 §2125. Ground for relief A person who satisfies the prerequisites of section 2124 may show that the challenged criminal judgment or sentence is unlawful or unlawfully imposed, or that the impediment resulting from the challenged post-sentencing proceeding is unlawful, as a result of any error or ground for relief, whether or not of record, unless the error is harmless or unless relief is unavailable for a reason provided in section 2126, section 2128 unless section 2128-A applies, or section 2128-B.   [PL 2013, c. 266, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 238, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 601, §8 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 266, §4 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2126 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2126. Exhaustion

 §2126. Exhaustion A person under restraint or impediment specified in section 2124 must also demonstrate that the person has previously exhausted remedies incidental to proceedings in the trial court, on appeal or administrative remedies. A person who has taken an appeal from a judgment of conviction, a juvenile adjudication or a judgment of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity is not precluded from utilizing the remedy of this chapter while the appeal is pending. The post-conviction review proceeding is automatically stayed pending resolution of the appeal unless the Appellate Court on motion and for good cause otherwise directs.   [PL 2013, c. 266, §5 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 238, §3 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 556, §2 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 266, §5 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2127 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2127. Mootness (REPEALED)

 §2127. Mootness (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 238, §4 (RP).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2128 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2128. Waiver of grounds for relief

 §2128. Waiver of grounds for relief A person under restraint or impediment specified in section 2124 shall demonstrate that any ground of relief has not been waived. The bases of waiver are as follows.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (AMD).]1.  Errors claimable on direct appeal.  Errors at the trial that have been or could have been raised on a direct appeal, whether or not such an appeal was taken, may not be raised in an action for post-conviction review under this chapter, except that if the failure of the convicted or adjudicated person to take an appeal or to raise certain issues on appeal is excusable and the errors not appealed may result in reversal of the criminal judgment, the court may order that an appeal be taken as provided in section 2130.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (AMD).] 2.  Errors claimable in federal habeas corpus.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (RP).] 3.  Waiver of grounds not raised in prior post-conviction review action.  All grounds for relief from a criminal judgment or from a post-sentencing proceeding must be raised in a single post-conviction review action and any grounds not so raised are waived unless the Constitution of Maine or the Constitution of the United States otherwise requires or unless the court determines that the ground could not reasonably have been raised in an earlier action.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (AMD).] 4.  Prior challenges.  A person who has previously challenged a criminal judgment or a post-sentencing proceeding under former Title 14, sections 5502 to 5508 or its predecessors may not challenge the criminal judgment or post-sentencing proceeding by post-conviction review unless the court determines that a ground claimed in the action for post-conviction review could not reasonably have been raised in the earlier action.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (AMD).] 5.  Filing deadline for direct impediment.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (RP).] 6.  Filing deadline for indirect impediment.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (RP).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 235, §6 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 402, §A110 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 286, §4 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 399, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 399, §5 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 601, §9 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2128-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2128-A. Exceptions to waiver

 §2128-A. Exceptions to waiver The assertion of a right under the Constitution of the United States may not be held waived by its nonassertion at trial or on appeal if the assertion of the right would be held not waived in a federal habeas corpus proceeding brought by the convicted or adjudicated person pursuant to 28 United States Code, Sections 2241 to 2254.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §10 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2011, c. 601, §10 (NEW).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2129 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2129. Petition and procedure

 §2129. Petition and procedure 1.  Filing of petition.  Petitions shall be filed as follows.   A. A proceeding for post-conviction review shall be commenced by filing a petition in the Superior Court in the county specified in section 2123.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (NEW).]B. If the petitioner desires to have counsel appointed, he shall file an affidavit of indigency in the form prescribed by the Supreme Judicial Court. If the petitioner is incarcerated, the affidavit shall be accompanied by a certificate of the appropriate officer of the institution in which the petitioner is incarcerated as to the amount of money or securities on deposit to the petitioner's credit in any account in the institution. The failure to include an affidavit of indigency with the petition does not bar the court from appointing counsel upon a subsequent filing of an affidavit of indigency.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (NEW).]C. Once the petition has been filed, the clerk shall forward a copy of the petition and any separate documents filed with it to the Chief Justice of the Superior Court and to the prosecutorial office that earlier represented the State in the underlying criminal or juvenile proceeding.   [PL 2003, c. 29, §3 (AMD).][PL 2003, c. 29, §3 (AMD).] 2.  Assignment of case.   [PL 2003, c. 29, §4 (RP).] 3.  Representation of respondent.  In all proceedings for postconviction review, the State may be represented by the prosecutorial office that earlier represented the State in the underlying criminal or juvenile proceeding. On a case-by-case basis, a different prosecutorial office may represent the State on agreement between the 2 prosecutorial offices.   [PL 1991, c. 622, Pt. D (RPR).] 4.  Bail pending disposition of petition.  Pending final disposition, the assigned justice or judge may order the release of the petitioner on bail at such time and under such circumstances and conditions as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.   [PL 2011, c. 601, §12 (AMD).] 5.  Procedure in proceedings pursuant to this chapter.  In all respects not covered by statute, the procedure in proceedings under this chapter is as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.   [PL 2003, c. 29, §5 (AMD).] 6.  Amendment to petition.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RP).] 7.  Representation of respondent.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RP).] 8.  Response.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RP).] 9.  Discovery.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RP).] 10.  Determination by court; hearing.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RP).] 11.  Bail pending dispostion of petition.   [PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RP).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 238, §5 (RPR). PL 1983, c. 688, §9 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 209, §4 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 556, §3 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 622, §D (AMD). PL 2003, c. 29, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 601, §12 (AMD).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2130 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2130. Relief

 §2130. Relief If the court determines that relief should be granted, it shall order appropriate relief, including: Release from incarceration or other restraint; reversal of the criminal judgment, including one entered upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere; entry of judgment for a lesser included offense; reversal of another order or decision, with or without affording the State or other party a new hearing; granting the right to take an appeal from the criminal judgment; correction of errors appearing as a matter of record; resentencing or a new sentence; and entry of an order altering the amount of time that a person incarcerated under a sentence has served or must serve. The judgment making final disposition is a final judgment for purposes of review by the Law Court. When relief is granted to the petitioner and release is appropriate, the justice may release a petitioner on bail pending appeal.   [RR 2009, c. 2, §32 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 238, §6 (AMD). RR 2009, c. 2, §32 (COR).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2131 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2131. Review of final judgment

 §2131. Review of final judgment A final judgment entered under section 2130 may be reviewed by the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court.   [PL 2003, c. 17, §4 (RPR).]1.  Appeal by petitioner.  A petitioner aggrieved by the final judgment may not appeal as of right. The time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking of the appeal are as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.   [PL 2003, c. 17, §4 (RPR).] 2.  Appeal by State.  The State aggrieved by the final judgment may appeal as of right and no certificate of approval by the Attorney General is required. The time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for the taking of an appeal are as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.   [PL 2003, c. 17, §4 (RPR).] 3.  Procedure on appeal.   [PL 2003, c. 17, §4 (RP).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 238, §§7,8 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 17, §4 (RPR).
15 ME Rev Stat § 2132 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL|Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS|Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW|15 §2132. Applicability

 §2132. Applicability Both the substantive and procedural provisions of this chapter shall apply to any action for post-conviction review commenced after the effective date of this chapter. In the case of any action under former Title 14, sections 5502 to 5508 or any other action for collateral review of a conviction or of consequences resulting from a criminal judgment which was commenced prior to the effective date of this chapter and which is pending on the effective date, the petition may be amended to assert any basis for jurisdiction under section 2124 or any grounds for relief not available under prior law; provided that failure to do so shall not constitute waiver pursuant to section 2128, subsection 3. In any pending action brought under prior law, the court in its discretion may apply any of the procedural provisions of this chapter.   [PL 1987, c. 402, Pt. A, §111 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 402, §A111 (AMD).