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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 1259 (2026)

Challenges for cause

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Challenges for cause shall be allowed to the prosecuting officer and the accused as in civil cases, but no member of a grand jury finding an indictment shall sit on the trial thereof, if challenged therefor by the accused.   [PL 1965, c. 356, §48 (RPR).]
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PL 1965, c. 356, §48 (RPR).
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Cited in 5 cases, 1978–2019 · leading case: State v. Rollins, 961 A.2d 546 (Me. 2008).
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State v. Rollins, 961 A.2d 546 (Me. 2008). · cites it 2× “[¶ 16] To help ensure the right to a fair and impartial jury, 15 M.R.S. § 1259 (2007) 2 provides that each party is entitled to use challenges for cause during jury empanelment.”
State v. Chattley, 390 A.2d 472 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “” 7 (Emphasis added) As the Reporter’s notes state, this rule was taken from 15 M.R.S.A. § 1259 (1964), the prior law which allowed eight peremptory challenges to “the accused.”
State v. Lowry, 2003 ME 38 (Me. 2003). “To ensure this constitutional right, the Maine Legislature enacted 15 M.R.S.A. § 1259, which provides for challenges for cause of any juror whose indifference a party questions.”
State v. Libby, 485 A.2d 627 (Me. 1984). · cites it 2× “To ensure this constitutional right, the Maine Legislature enacted 15 M.R.S.A. § 1259, which provides for challenges for cause of any juror whose indifference a party questions.”
State of Maine v. Kevin Carey, 2019 ME 131 (Me. 2019). “” 15 M.R.S. § 1259 (2018). Thus, “[t]he court, on motion of either party in an action, may examine, on oath, any person called as a juror therein, whether he .”
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