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17-A M.R.S. § 110 — Threat to use deadly force against a law enforcement officer, transport officer, corrections officer or corrections supervisor
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 5: Defenses and Affirmative Defenses; Justification, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 110
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.
A person otherwise justified in threatening to use deadly force against another is not justified in doing so with the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon if the person knows or should know that the other person is a law enforcement officer, transport officer, corrections officer or corrections supervisor, unless the person knows that the officer or supervisor is not in fact engaged in the performance of the officer's or supervisor's public duty, or unless the person is justified under this chapter in using deadly force against the officer or supervisor. A law enforcement officer, transport officer, corrections officer or corrections supervisor may not make a nonconsensual warrantless entry into a dwelling place solely in response to a threat not justified under this section.
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