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| Sec. 8. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4, ¶F is enacted to read: |
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| F.__Conditional release or detention may not be ordered for | a juvenile for conduct described in section 3103, subsection | 1, paragraph B or C. |
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| | Sec. 9. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 180, §3, | is amended to read: |
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| | 4-A. Probable cause determination. Except in a bona fide | emergency or other extraordinary circumstance, when a juvenile | arrested without a warrant for a juvenile crime or a violation of | conditional release is not released from custody or does not | receive a detention hearing within 48 hours after arrest, | including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, a Juvenile Court | Judge or justice of the peace shall determine, within that time | period, whether there is probable cause to believe that the | juvenile has committed a juvenile crime unless it has already | been determined by a Juvenile Court Judge or justice of the peace | that there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile has | committed a juvenile crime. Evidence presented to establish such | probable cause may include affidavits and other reliable hearsay | evidence as permitted by the Juvenile Court Judge or justice of | the peace. If the evidence does not establish such probable | cause, the Juvenile Court Judge or justice of the peace shall | order the juvenile's discharge from detention. |
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| | Sec. 10. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§7, ¶B-5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 624, | Pt. A, §5, is amended to read: |
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| B-5. If the juvenile community corrections officer who | ordered the detention or the attorney for the State who | ordered the detention determines there is no reasonable | alternative, a juvenile may be detained in a jail or other | secure detention facility intended or primarily used for the | detention of adults for up to 24 48 hours, excluding | Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays if: |
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| (1) The facility meets the requirements of paragraph | A; |
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| (2) The facility is not located in a standard | metropolitan statistical area and meets the statutory | criteria contained in the federal Juvenile Justice and | Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 United States | Code, Section 5601; and |
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| (3) The juvenile is detained only to await a detention hearing | pursuant to subsection 5 or section 3314, |
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