15 M.R.S. §1091-A: Failure to report
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
- PART 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
- CHAPTER 105-A: MAINE BAIL CODE
- SUBCHAPTER 5: ENFORCEMENT
- ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Failure to report after stay of execution. A defendant who has been sentenced but granted a stay of execution to report until a specified date or event and who, in fact, 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
B. A Class C crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of one year or more.
2. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection 1 that the failure to report resulted from just cause.
3. Strict liability. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17‑A, section 34, subsection 4‑A.
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