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Home » US Law » 2022 Maine Revised Statutes » TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE » Part 6: PUNISHMENTS » Chapter 67: CONDITIONAL RELEASE » Subchapter 2: ADMINISTRATIVE RELEASE » 17-A §1851. Eligibility for sentencing alternative that includes period of administrative release; exceptions

§1851. Eligibility for sentencing alternative that includes period of administrative release; exceptions

The court may sentence a person who has been convicted of a Class D or Class E crime or a Class C crime under Title 29‑A, former section 2557, section 2557‑A or section 2558 to a sentencing alternative under section 1502, subsection 2, paragraphs I, J and K for an individual and section 1502, subsection 7, paragraph E for an organization, unless:   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

1.  Sentencing alternative includes probation.   The court sentences the person to a sentencing alternative under section 1502 that includes a period of probation; or  

[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

2.  Sentencing alternative diminishes gravity of crime.   The court finds that such a sentence would diminish the gravity of the crime for which that person was convicted.  

[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).