15 §1091-A. Failure to report

Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL HEADING: PL 1991, C. 402, §2 (RPR)

Chapter 105-A: MAINE BAIL CODE HEADING: PL 1987, C. 758, §20 (NEW)

Subchapter 5: ENFORCEMENT HEADING: PL 1995, C. 356, §15 (RPR)

Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS HEADING: PL 1995, C. 356, §15 (NEW)

§1091-A. Failure to report

1. Failure to report after stay of execution. A defendant who has been sentenced but granted a stay of execution to report at a specific time and who fails to report as ordered is guilty of:

A. A Class E crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of less than one year; or [1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW).]

B. A Class C crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of one year or more. [1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW).]

It is an affirmative defense that the failure to appear resulted from just cause.

[ 1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW).