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A. The details of a plea agreement, including a deferred
disposition, before it is submitted to the court;

 
B. The right to comment on the a plea agreement, including
a deferred disposition, pursuant to section 1173;

 
D. The time and place of sentencing; and

 
E. The right to participate at sentencing pursuant to
section 1174.; and

 
Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §1172, sub-§1, ¶F is enacted to read:

 
F.__The right to comment on the proposed early termination
of probation, early termination of administrative release or
conversion of probation to administrative release, pursuant
to section 1174-A.

 
Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1174-A is enacted to read:

 
§1174-A.__Termination or conversion procedure

 
When the attorney for the State receives notice of a motion
seeking early termination of probation or early termination of
administrative release or seeking to convert probation to
administrative release, the attorney for the State shall disclose
to the court any attempts made to notify each victim of the
motion to terminate or convert and any objection to the motion by
a victim.__If a hearing is held on the motion by the court and
the victim is present in court, the victim may address the court
at that time.

 
Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §1201, sub-§1, ¶A-1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711,
Pt. A, §10, is amended to read:

 
A-1. The conviction is for a Class D or Class E crime other
than any Class D crime committed against a family or
household member under chapter 9 or 13 or section 506-B,
554, 555 or 758; any Class D or Class E crime in chapter 11
or 12; a Class D or Class E crime under section 556, 854,
excluding subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (1), or
855; and the Class D or Class E crime under Title 29-A,
section 2411, subsection 1-A, paragraph B. As used in this
paragraph, "family or household member" has the same meaning
as in Title 19-A, section 4002, subsection 4;:

 
(1)__A Class D or Class E crime relative to which, based upon
both the written agreement of the parties and a court finding,
the facts and circumstances of the


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