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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 1951 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §21 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 499, §10 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1968–1987 · leading case: George Rundlett v. Richard Oliver, & State of Maine, 607 F.2d 495 (1st Cir. 1979).
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George Rundlett v. Richard Oliver, & State of Maine, 607 F.2d 495 (1st Cir. 1979). · cites it 3× “§ 1551 (repealed effective May 1, 1976), or for taking indecent liberties (if she were twenty-one years of age or older) pursuant to 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (repealed effective May 1, 1976).”
State v. Roy, 385 A.2d 795 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “In September, 1976, appellant Percy Roy was tried and convicted of the crime of taking indecent liberties in violation of former 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (1964). The State's evidence tended to prove that he took indecent liberties with the fifteen-and-a-half-year-old daughter of a…”
State v. Rundlett, 391 A.2d 815 (Me. 1978). “years) for the crime of indecent liberties under former 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (repealed effective May 1, 1976).”
State v. Fischer, 238 A.2d 210 (Me. 1968). · cites it 2× “It is not disputed that the conduct of the defendant as it was described by the children would constitute violations of 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (indecent liberties) and 17 M.”
State v. Deveau, 354 A.2d 389 (Me. 1976). “We also note that our holding has no relationship to conduct falling within the provisions of 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (taking indecent liberties with the sexual organs of certain minors), to which conduct consent is not a defense.”
State v. Miller, 252 A.2d 321 (Me. 1969). “The relevant portions of 17 M.R.S.A. Section 1951 read: “Whoever, having attained his 21st birthday, takes any indecent liberty or liberties or indulges in any indecent or immoral practice or practices with the sexual parts or organs of any other person, male or female, who has…”
State v. Strollo, 370 A.2d 675 (Me. 1977). “We note that under 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951, the taking of indecent liberties can be a crime if the victim is a minor.”
State v. Brewer, 325 A.2d 26 (Me. 1974). “Indicted on April 5, 1973 for having taken “indecent liberties upon the sexual parts and organs” of his nine year old daughter (in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951), defendant in July of 1973 was tried before a jury in the Superior Court (Lincoln County) and found guilty as…”
Chestnut v. State, 524 A.2d 1216 (Me. 1987). “The petitioner was sentenced on October 6, 1967, to a term of one to ten years for a conviction of the crime of indecent liberties in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (1963). As a result of his conduct during his third attempt on parole, which included several years outside the…”
State v. Moore, 377 A.2d 1365 (Me. 1977). “17 M.R.S.A. § 1951. 4 . We intimate no opinion on the action of the Superior Court dismissing the indecent liberties count as a lesser included offense since the issue is not before us.”
State v. Jason, 392 A.2d 1086 (Me. 1978). “§ 1001 1 and taking indecent liberties, 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951. 2 A jury trial culminated in a verdict of guilty as to the sodomy charge.”
State v. Stoddard, 289 A.2d 33 (Me. 1972). “We conclude then the indictment was sufficient to charge violation of the statute (17 M.R.S.A. § 1951) which statute has been held to be constitutional.”
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