CHAPTER 354
H.P. 710 - L.D. 974
An Act Concerning the Review of Certain Sentences Imposed on Defendants
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA �2151, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 218, �5, is amended to read:
�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, except in any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed, 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; or
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 Criminal Procedure, Rule 11A, subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4).
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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