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Judicial Court provides by rule. The State may appeal as a matter
of right from a court decision to grant the person a new trial to
the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court. The time,
manner and specific conditions for taking that appeal to the
Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, are as the
Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule.

 
12. Exhaustion. A person petitioner who has taken a direct
appeal from the judgment of conviction is not precluded from
utilizing the remedy of this chapter while the appeal is pending,
provided that the resolution of the motion is automatically
stayed pending final disposition of the direct appeal unless the
Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, on motion
otherwise directs.

 
A person petitioner who has initiated a collateral attack upon
the judgment of conviction under chapter 305-A is not precluded
from utilizing the remedy of this chapter while that post-
conviction review proceeding is pending, provided that resolution
of the motion is automatically stayed pending final disposition
of the post-conviction review proceeding unless the assigned
justice in the post-conviction review proceeding otherwise
directs.

 
13. Victim notification. When practicable, the attorney for
the State shall make a good faith effort to give written notice
of a motion under this section to the victim of the person
described in subsection 1 petitioner or to the victim's family if
the victim is deceased. The notice must be by first-class mail
to the victim's last known address. Upon the victim's request,
the attorney for the State shall give the victim notice of the
time and place of any hearing on the motion and shall inform the
victim of the court's grant or denial of a new trial to the
person order made pursuant to subsection 10.

 
14. Preservation of biological evidence. Effective October
15, 2001, the investigating law enforcement agency shall preserve
any biological evidence identified during the investigation of a
crime or crimes for which any person may file a postjudgment of
conviction motion for DNA analysis under this section. The
evidence must be preserved for the period of time that any person
is incarcerated in connection with that case.

 
Effective October 1, 2006, the investigating law enforcement
agency shall preserve any biological evidence identified during
the investigation of a crime or crimes for which any person may
file a postjudgment of conviction motion for DNA analysis under
this section. The evidence must be preserved for the period of
time that any person remains incarcerated, on probation, civilly


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