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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 201 (2026)

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PL 1975, c. 499, §5 (RP).
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Cited in 36 cases, 1968–2017 · leading case: Fuller v. State, 282 A.2d 848 (Me. 1971).
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Fuller v. State, 282 A.2d 848 (Me. 1971). · cites it 16× “§ 807, 1 which is specifically concerned with *851 the criminality, as well as other aspects, of an assault and battery upon a guard, and committed by an inmate, of the Men’s Correctional Center, excludes the applicability of 17 M.R.S.A. § 201 — the statute which deals generally…”
State v. Strollo, 370 A.2d 675 (Me. 1977). · cites it 4× “On March 14, 1975, Michael Strollo, the defendant, was convicted by a Kennebec County jury of the crime of simple assault and battery in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 201. Sentenced to the Kennebec County Jail, defendant appeals and asserts five assignments of error.”
Newell v. State, 371 A.2d 118 (Me. 1977). · cites it 2× “On April 25, 1974, the petitioner entered pleas of guilty to informations charging him with assault and battery, high and aggravated (17 M.R.S.A. § 201), and with robbery (17 M.”
State v. Westphal, 349 A.2d 168 (Me. 1975). · cites it 3× “§ 201-A is identical to our “ordinary” assault statute, 17 M.R.S.A. § 201. In State v. Anania, Me.”
State v. Blais, 391 A.2d 1198 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “1 On January 7, 1976, the Grand Jury in and for the County of Cumberland indicted Stephen Blais, the defendant, for the crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 201 which was in effect at the time the crime charged was committed.”
State v. Wheeler, 252 A.2d 455 (Me. 1969). · cites it 2× “By grand-jury indictment dated May 9, 1968 the defendant was charged under 17 M.R.S.A. § 201 with the crime of assault and battery in that he, the said Robert P.”
State v. Rice, 379 A.2d 140 (Me. 1977). “, the jury, on January 10, 1976, found defendant guilty of (Simple) Assault and Battery (17 M.R.S.A. § 201), Armed Assault and Battery (17 M.”
State v. Pinnette, 340 A.2d 17 (Me. 1975). · cites it 2× “They charged him with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (17 M.R.S.A. § 201) and assault with intent to kill (17 M.”
State v. Thayer, 281 A.2d 315 (Me. 1971). · cites it 4× “The Defendant was indicted and convicted of high and aggravated assault and battery in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 201, 1 from which conviction he appealed.”
State v. Stone, 294 A.2d 683 (Me. 1972). “At the October 1969 Term of the Superior Court held in Oxford County a two count indictment, alleging violations of 17 M.R.S.A. § 201, was returned against all the defendants.”
State v. Foisy, 384 A.2d 42 (Me. 1978). “(17 M.R.S.A. § 201). Defendant was sentenced to the Maine state Prison for not less than 2‘A years and not more than 5 years but execution of the sentence was suspended and defendant was placed on probation for two years.”
State v. Deveau, 354 A.2d 389 (Me. 1976). “17 M.R.S.A. § 201, defining assault, is merely declaratory of the common law.”
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