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15 M.R.S. §1091-A: Failure to report

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  1. TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
  2. PART 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
  3. CHAPTER 105-A: MAINE BAIL CODE
  4. SUBCHAPTER 5: ENFORCEMENT
  5. 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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