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LD 48 Title Page An Act to Reduce Jail Overcrowding LD 48 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1206, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1999, c. 788, §6,
is further amended to read:

 
9. Whenever a previously suspended sentence of imprisonment
for a Class A, Class B or Class C crime is vacated, in whole
or in part, as the result of a probation revocation, the court
must respecify the place of imprisonment for both the portion
required to be served and any remaining suspended portion, if
necessary, to carry out the intent of which must be the same
place of imprisonment to which the person was originally
sentenced as determined by section 1203, subsection 1-A,
paragraph C.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill requires that a person whose probation is revoked
be resentenced to the place of imprisonment to which that
person was originally sentenced.


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