{"data":{"id":"us-me/15-m.r.s.-2130","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"15 M.R.S. §2130","heading":"Relief","body":"If the court determines that relief should be granted, it shall order appropriate relief, including: Release from incarceration or other restraint; reversal of the criminal judgment, including one entered upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere; entry of judgment for a lesser included offense; reversal of another order or decision, with or without affording the State or other party a new hearing; granting the right to take an appeal from the criminal judgment; correction of errors appearing as a matter of record; resentencing or a new sentence; and entry of an order altering the amount of time that a person incarcerated under a sentence has served or must serve. The judgment making final disposition is a final judgment for purposes of review by the Law Court. When relief is granted to the petitioner and release is appropriate, the justice may release a petitioner on bail pending appeal.","path":["TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL","PART 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/15/title15sec2130.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"0249d4aed6ab251762a9f099f1b187a6cb6a19209b498804f1a279998ff62f72","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/15-m.r.s.-2129","next":"us-me/15-m.r.s.-2131"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}