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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 354
H.P. 710 - L.D. 974

An Act Concerning the Review of Certain Sentences Imposed on Defendants

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

     Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §2151, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 218, §5, is amended to read:

§2151. Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences

     In cases arising in the District Court or the Superior Court in which a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year or more, the defendant may, except in any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed, apply to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, for review of the sentence., except:

     1. Different term could not be imposed. In any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed; or

     2. Plea agreements. In any case in which the particular disposition involving imprisonment was imposed as a result of a court accepting a recommendation of the type specified in the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 11A, subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4).

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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