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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 3151 (2026)

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PL 1975, c. 499, §17 (RP).
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Cited in 15 cases, 1970–1986 · 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 18× “Appellant, George Rundlett, was indicted and convicted on three counts of violating 17 M.R.S.A. § 3151 (1964), Maine’s former “statutory rape” law.”
State v. Rundlett, 391 A.2d 815 (Me. 1978). · cites it 5× “The issue presented by this appeal is whether 17 M.R.S.A. § 3151 (1964), Maine’s former “statutory rape” law, 1 violated the equal protection clauses of the constitutions of the United States (amend.”
State v. Hurd, 360 A.2d 525 (Me. 1976). “17 M.R.S.A. § 3151. 2 . 17 M.R.S.A. § 2051.”
State v. Worrey, 322 A.2d 73 (Me. 1974). · cites it 2× “In the fall of 1972 the Defendant was indicted by a York County grand jury for a violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3151. 1 In late October of that year a jury sitting in Superior Court found the Defendant to be guilty of statutory rape.”
State v. Kelley, 357 A.2d 890 (Me. 1976). “Our task as an appellate court, therefore, is to scrutinize the record to ascertain whether there was any tenable ground for admitting the evidence in question. We find that the explanatory testimony given by the complainant regarding her behavior immediately before and…”
State v. McFarland, 369 A.2d 227 (Me. 1977). “§ 1001), and rape (17 M.R.S.A. § 3151). We consider only the merits of the appeal from the rape conviction, which we deny.”
State v. Bonney, 351 A.2d 107 (Me. 1976). “This is an appeal from four convictions of the crime of rape (17 M.R.S.A. § 3151) resulting in a sentence of imprisonment in the Maine State Prison for “not less than Ten years and not more than Twenty years.”
State v. Baldwin, 305 A.2d 555 (Me. 1973). “This appeal from a judgment entered upon a finding of guilty of the crime of rape (17 M.R.S.A. § 3151) raises an important issue of first impression in this State.”
State v. Colson, 405 A.2d 717 (Me. 1979). “That case involved a conviction under our ancient rape statute, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3151 (1964) (repealed May 1, 1976), which condemned “[wjhoever ravishes and carnally knows any female who has attained her 14th birthday, by force and against her will.”
Wilson v. State, 268 A.2d 484 (Me. 1970). “7 (1929) our statute (17 M.R.S.A. § 3151) does not define rape but provides a punishment for the crime, the common law definition of which has been thoroughly discussed in that case.”
State v. Moore, 377 A.2d 1365 (Me. 1977). “17 M.R.S.A. § 3151. 2 . 17 M.R.S.A. § 1001.”
State v. Loder, 381 A.2d 290 (Me. 1978). “§ 1001 (sodomy), of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3151 (rape) and of 34 M.R.S.”
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