{"data":{"id":"us-me/15-m.r.s.-2151","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"15 M.R.S. §2151","heading":"Application to the Supreme Judicial Court by defendant for review of certain sentences","body":"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 apply to the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, for review of the sentence, except:\n1.  Different term could not be imposed.  In any case in which a different term of imprisonment could not have been imposed;\n2.  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 Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 11A, subsection (a)(2) or (a)(4); or\n3.  Restitution.  As limited by Title 17‑A, section 2017.","path":["TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL","PART 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 306-A: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT SENTENCE REVIEW"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/15/title15sec2151.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"e426efd343f0959eca250ab998f0c52bca9faf1ad2597eeb7f64f45246b2879b","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/15-m.r.s.-2144","next":"us-me/15-m.r.s.-2152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}