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15 M.R.S. § 2126 — Exhaustion

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

Part of Chapter 305A: Post-conviction Review, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 2126

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. § 2126Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
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.

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