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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 2051 (2026)

Definition; jurisdiction and consent

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 347, §1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 499, §11 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1968–2020 · leading case: State v. Hurd, 360 A.2d 525 (Me. 1976).
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State v. Hurd, 360 A.2d 525 (Me. 1976). “17 M.R.S.A. § 2051. 3 . M.R.Crim.P. 8(a) provides that Two or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment or information in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both, are of the same or similar character or are…”
State v. Lapointe, 357 A.2d 882 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “§ l), 1 kidnap *884 ping (17 M.R.S.A. § 2051) 2 and sodomy (17 M.R.”
State v. Bunker, 351 A.2d 841 (Me. 1976). “17 M.R.S.A. § 2051 “Whoever, except in the case of a minor by his parent, kidnaps or unlawfully confines, inveigles, decoys, imprisons, transports or carries another out of the State, or from place to place within it, shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years.”
State v. True, 330 A.2d 787 (Me. 1975). “§ 341 (Trial of an Accessory); 17 M.R.S.A. § 2051 (Kidnapping), 3 . For further statutory definition of a grand jury’s territorial jurisdiction, see 15 M.”
State v. Gervais, 303 A.2d 459 (Me. 1973). “Defendant, Gervais, was indicted in May of 1971 charged with commission of the crimes of kidnapping (17 M.R.S.A. § 2051) and assault and battery, high and aggravated in degree (17 M.”
Haller v. State, 241 A.2d 607 (Me. 1968). “§ 3401; (Kidnapping) 17 M.R.S.A. § 2051. On each charge he was sentenced to a term of not less than 25 nor more than 50 years, to be served concurrently.”
State v. Benner, 385 A.2d 48 (Me. 1978). “Whereas 17 M.R.S.A. § 2051 previously did not expressly make any exception in the case of a parent, P.”
Pelkey v. City of Presque Isle (Me. Super. Ct 2020). “) On April 2, 2020, the CEO sent a Notice of Hearing to both Pelkey and Legassie pursuant to 17 M.R.S. § 2051 to appear at the City Council on May 6, 2020.”
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