Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 2151 — Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 306A: Supreme Judicial Court Sentence Review, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 2151
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.
In cases arising in the District Court or the Superior Court in which a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year or more, the defendant may apply to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, for review of the sentence, except:
1. Different term could not be imposed. In any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed;
2. Plea agreements. In any case in which the particular disposition involving imprisonment was imposed as a result of a court accepting a recommendation of the type specified in the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 11A, subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4); or
3. Restitution. As limited by Title 17-A, section 2017.
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