Maine statute

15 M.R.S. § 1259 — Challenges for cause

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. § 1259

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. § 1259Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

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.

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