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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 2501 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 520, §4 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1968–1979 · leading case: State v. Gleason, 404 A.2d 573 (Me. 1979).
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State v. Gleason, 404 A.2d 573 (Me. 1979). “Construing the prior juvenile statutes in Maine, this Court had occasion to observe: The benevolent purposes intended by our statute, 15 M.R.S.A. § 2501 et seq., to provide for our juvenile offenders that care, custody and discipline as nearly as possible approximating that…”
State v. Knowles, 371 A.2d 624 (Me. 1977). · cites it 2× “Defendant committed the crime in question on November 28, 1974 when he was 17 years of age and thus a “juvenile” for the purposes of 15 M.R.S.A. §§ 2501 et seq. 2 Pursuant to 15 M.”
Shone v. State, 237 A.2d 412 (Me. 1968). “The benevolent purposes intended by our statute, 15 M.R.S.A. § 2501 et seq., to provide for our juvenile offenders that care, custody and discipline as nearly as possible approximating that which they should receive from their parents or guardians, and as far as practicable…”
State v. L D, 320 A.2d 885 (Me. 1974). · cites it 2× “15 M.R.S.A. §§ 2501, 2502(1), 2606. There is, therefore, no merit to the Appellant's claim that the severity of the Juvenile Court's disposition of the proceeding carried a necessary inference of a finding of aggravation.”
Shone v. State of Maine, 286 F. Supp. 511 (D. Me. 1968). “See 15 M.R.S.A. §§ 2501 (1964), 2712 (1967 Supp.”
State v. L D, 320 A.2d 885 (Me. 1974). · cites it 2× “15 M.R.S.A. §§ 2501, 2502(1), 2606. There is, therefore, no merit to the Appellant’s claim that the severity of the Juvenile Court’s disposition of the proceeding carried a necessary inference of a finding of aggravation.”
State v. L D, 320 A.2d 885 (Me. 1974). · cites it 2× “15 M.R.S.A. §§ 2501, 2502(1), 2606. There is, therefore, no merit to the Appellant’s claim that the severity of the Juvenile Court’s disposition of the proceeding carried a necessary inference of a finding of aggravation.”
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