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15 M.R.S. § 2152 — Sentence Review Panel of the Supreme Judicial Court

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. § 2152

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. § 2152Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
There shall be a Sentence Review Panel of the Supreme Judicial Court to consider applications for leave to appeal from sentence, and no appeal of the sentence may proceed before the Supreme Judicial Court unless leave to appeal is first granted by the panel. The Sentence Review Panel shall consist of 3 justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to be designated from time to time by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. No justice may sit or act on an appeal from a sentence imposed by that justice. Leave to appeal shall be granted if any one of the 3 panelists votes in favor of granting leave. If leave to appeal is denied, the decision of the panel shall be final and subject to no further review.

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