Maine statute

15 M.R.S. § 1254 — Juror's oath or affirmation in cases punishable by imprisonment

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Chapter 203: Juries, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 1254

Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.

15 M.R.S. § 1254Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

The following oath shall be administered to jurors in criminal cases: "You swear, that in all causes committed to you, you will give a true verdict therein, according to the law and evidence given you. So help you God." Any juror, conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, may affirm in the mode described in section 1253.

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