Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 754 (2026)

Variance; amendments

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 356, §26 (RP).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1970–1978 · leading case: State v. Hathorne, 387 A.2d 9 (Me. 1978).
State v. Hathorne, 387 A.2d 9 (Me. 1978). · cites it 4× “Such legislative authorization for the amendment in both form and substance of indictments, as well as any other criminal process, had been comprehensively embodied, as of 1965, in the provisions of 15 M.R.S.A. § 754: “Any criminal process may be amended, in matters of form, at…”
Little v. State, 303 A.2d 456 (Me. 1973). · cites it 3× “The statute (15 M.R.S.A. § 754) provided : “Any criminal process may be amended, in matters of form, at any time before final judgment.”
State v. Grant, 266 A.2d 232 (Me. 1970). · cites it 2× “Rule 7(d) of the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure became effective at the same time as the repeal statute on December 1, 1965 and controls the present situation.”
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