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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 1701 (2026)

Effect of bail following conviction and commitment

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 356, §54 (RPR). PL 1983, c. 333 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1972–1982 · leading case: Fredette v. State, 428 A.2d 395 (Me. 1981).
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Fredette v. State, 428 A.2d 395 (Me. 1981). · cites it 6× “148 § 29; 15 M.R.S.A. § 1701. 10 We decide that by thus introducing in 1869, and continuing thereafter until December 1,1965, the concept of the “bailability” of an offense as a limitation upon statutorily conferred judicial discretion to admit an accused to bail once the…”
Reed v. State, 295 A.2d 657 (Me. 1972). · cites it 9× “Petitioner’s position in the dispute is that the denial of credit to him — in the accounting to determine his eligibility for parole —for the time spent by him in jail between his conviction and sentencing, as well as good behavior deductions in connection therewith, (1) renders…”
State v. Heald, 382 A.2d 290 (Me. 1978). “15 M.R.S.A. § 1701; M.R.Crim.P., Rule 38(a)(1).”
State v. Daley, 411 A.2d 410 (Me. 1980). “Defendant also claims that by its plain words 15 M.R.S.A. § 1701 (Supp.1979) will deny him any credit against his sentence for the time he served after conviction and before being bailed pending appeal and that section 1701 as so construed is unconstitutional.”
State v. Fletcher, 288 A.2d 92 (Me. 1972). “15 M.R.S.A. § 1701; M.R.Crim.P., Rule 38(a) (1).”
State v. Morton, 293 A.2d 775 (Me. 1972). “15 M.R.S.A. § 1701; M.R.Crim.P., Rules 38(a) (1) and 46(a).”
Ring v. State, 451 A.2d 1207 (Me. 1982). “15 M.R.S.A. § 1701 (1980) measures the time that Ring had remaining to serve on his six-month Maine sentence, and does not detract from the practical fact that he had earlier been “received into the custody of the department pursuant to that sentence.”
State v. Northup, 341 A.2d 384 (Me. 1975). “, as well as 15 M.R.S.A. § 1701 — defendant would be lawfully subject to detention in the Kennebec County Jail during the pendency of his appeal to the Law Court.”
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