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3. Once the period of probation has commenced, on application
motion of the probation officer, or of the person on probation, or
on its own motion, the court may terminate at any time a period of
probation and discharge the convicted person at any time earlier
than that provided in the sentence made pursuant to subsection 1,
if warranted by the conduct of such person. A termination and
discharge may not be ordered upon the motion of the person on
probation unless notice of the motion is given to the probation
officer by the person on probation and the attorney for the State.
Such termination and discharge serves to relieve the person on
probation of any obligations imposed by the sentence of probation.

 
Sec. 11. 17-A MRSA §1348-A, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

 
3.__During the period of deferment, if the person cannot meet
a deferment requirement imposed by the court, the person shall
bring a motion pursuant to subsection 2.

 
Sec. 12. 17-A MRSA §1348-B, sub-§§1, 2 and 5, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
711, Pt. A, §19, are amended to read:

 
1. Unless a court hearing is sooner held under subsection 2,
at the conclusion of the period of deferment, after notice, a
person who was granted deferred disposition pursuant to section
1348-A shall return to court for a hearing on final disposition.
If the court finds person demonstrates by a preponderance of the
evidence that the person has complied with the court-imposed
deferment requirements, the court shall impose a sentence of
unconditional discharge under section 1346 sentencing alternative
authorized for the crime to which the person pled guilty and
consented to in writing at the time sentencing was deferred or as
amended by agreement of the parties in writing prior to
sentencing, unless the attorney for the State, prior to sentence
imposition, moves the court to allow the person to withdraw the
plea of guilty. Except over the objection of the defendant, the
court shall grant the State's motion. Following the granting of
the State's motion, the attorney for the State shall dismiss the
pending charging instrument with prejudice. If the court finds
that the person has inexcusably failed to comply with the court-
imposed deferment requirements, the court shall impose a
sentencing alternative authorized for the crime to which the
person pled guilty.

 
2. If during the period of deferment the attorney for the
State has probable cause to believe that a person who was granted
deferred disposition pursuant to section 1348-A has violated a
court-imposed deferment requirement, the attorney for the State
may move the court to terminate the remainder of the period of


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