LD 985
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ,
§9 and affected by §42, is amended to read:

 
2. Appellate and review jurisdiction. The Superior Court has
jurisdiction to hear appeals and petitions of from only the
District Court.__Its jurisdiction is limited to the following:

 
A. Petitions pursuant to section 1028;

 
B. Petitions pursuant to section 1029;

 
C. Appeals pursuant to section 1097;

 
D. Appeals pursuant to section 3402;

 
E. Appeals pursuant to section 2111 and Maine Rules of
Criminal Procedure, Rule 35(f); and

 
F. Appeals pursuant to Title 17-A, section 1207, subsection
1 and Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 37F. 36;

 
G.__Appeals pursuant to Title 17-A, section 1233 and Maine
Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 36;

 
H.__Appeals pursuant to Title 17-A, section 1349-F and Maine
Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 36; and

 
I.I.__Appeals pursuant to section 2111 and Maine Rules of
Criminal Procedure, Rule 44A(c).

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill adds the following 3 appeals to the list of appeals
to the Superior Court by an aggrieved defendant: an appeal from
a revocation of supervised release ruling in a revocation of
supervised release proceeding in the District Court pursuant to
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, section 1233 and Rule 36
of the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure; an appeal from a
revocation of administrative release ruling in a revocation of
administrative release proceeding in the District Court pursuant
to Title 17-A, section 1349-F and Rule 36 of the Maine Rules of
Criminal Procedure; and an appeal from the denial in the District
Court of a petition by a petitioner seeking to be declared
indigent for purposes of assignment of counsel on appeal or from
the granting of a conditional order pursuant to Title 15, section
2111 and Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 44A(c).


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