15 §3309-A. Limitation on diagnostic evaluations
§3309-A. Limitation on diagnostic evaluations The court shall not order a juvenile to undergo a diagnostic evaluation, as defined in section 3003, subsection 4‑A, except as follows: [PL 1985, c. 213 (RPR).] 1. Information to assist findings in bind-over. When the prosecutor has moved for a bind-over hearing pursuant to section 3101, subsection 4, […]
15 §3309-B. Limitations on diagnostic evaluations in a secure detention facility
§3309-B. Limitations on diagnostic evaluations in a secure detention facility Except as provided in section 3309‑A, subsection 4, the court may not order a juvenile to undergo a diagnostic evaluation at a detention facility unless the juvenile meets the requirements of section 3203‑A, subsection 4, paragraphs C and D, the facility is one in which […]
15 §3310. Adjudicatory hearing, findings, adjudication
§3310. Adjudicatory hearing, findings, adjudication 1. Evidence and fact-finding. The Maine Rules of Evidence shall apply in the adjudicatory hearing. There shall be no jury. [PL 1979, c. 681, §22 (RPR).] 2. Consideration of additional evidence. A. When it appears that the evidence presented at the hearing discloses facts not alleged in the […]
15 §3310-A. Attendant care
§3310-A. Attendant care Whenever a juvenile who is adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime is taken into custody as an interim measure pending the completion of a procedure authorized by law to be taken in regard to such juvenile, the juvenile may be placed into attendant care under the same circumstances and upon the […]
15 §3311. Social study and other reports
§3311. Social study and other reports 1. Reports as evidence. For the purpose of determining proper disposition of a juvenile who has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime, written reports and other material relating to the juvenile’s mental, physical and social history may be received by the court along with other evidence, but […]
15 §3311-A. Eligibility for deferred disposition
§3311-A. Eligibility for deferred disposition A juvenile who has entered an admission to a juvenile crime that would be a Class C, Class D or Class E crime or a civil violation if committed by an adult and who consents in writing to a deferred disposition is eligible for a deferred disposition pursuant to section […]
15 §3311-B. Deferred disposition
§3311-B. Deferred disposition 1. Imposition. Following the acceptance of an admission of commission of a juvenile crime for which a juvenile is eligible for a deferred disposition under section 3311‑A, the court may order disposition deferred to a date certain or determinable and impose requirements upon the juvenile to be in effect during the period […]
15 §3311-C. Court hearing as to final disposition
§3311-C. Court hearing as to final disposition 1. Court hearing; final disposition. Unless a court hearing is sooner held under subsection 2, at the conclusion of the period of deferment, after notice, a juvenile who was granted deferred disposition pursuant to section 3311‑B shall return to court for a hearing on final disposition under section […]
15 §3306-A. Release or detention at first appearance
§3306-A. Release or detention at first appearance At the juvenile’s first appearance or at a subsequent appearance before the court, the court may order the juvenile’s unconditional release, conditional release or detention in accordance with section 3203‑A. Unless the court orders otherwise, a juvenile put on conditional release by a juvenile community corrections officer remains […]
15 §3311-D. Limited review by appeal
§3311-D. Limited review by appeal A juvenile is precluded from seeking to attack the legality of a deferred disposition, including a final disposition, except that a juvenile who has been determined by a court to have inexcusably failed to comply with a court-imposed deferment requirement and thereafter has had imposed a dispositional alternative authorized for […]