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§2144
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 306-A: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT SENTENCE REVIEW
§2152

§2151. Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences

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:   [PL 1997, c. 354, §1 (AMD).]
1.  Different term could not be imposed.  In any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed;  
[PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §23 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §42 (AFF).]
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  
[PL 2015, c. 431, §26 (AMD).]
3.  Restitution.  As limited by Title 17‑A, section 2017.  
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §42 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 218, §5 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 354, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §§ZZZ23,24 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 731, §ZZZ42 (AFF). PL 2015, c. 431, §26 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §42 (AMD).
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