{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-9","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17-A M.R.S. §9","heading":"Indictment and jurisdiction","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law:\n1.   All proceedings for Class A, B and C crimes must be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived, in which case prosecution must be as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule;\n2.   All proceedings for murder shall be prosecuted by indictment; and\n3.   The District Courts have jurisdiction to try civil violations and Class D and E crimes and to impose sentence in Class A, B and C crimes in which the District Court has accepted a plea of guilty.","path":["TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE","PART 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES","CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec9.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"3bf31d5e514ef5701e6bada76d67afa2ab6cf7e033e0c834cfec71084be35729","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-8","next":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-9-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}