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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1321 (2026)

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 455, §3 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §1 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1985–2019 · leading case: State v. O'donnell, 495 A.2d 798 (Me. 1985).
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State v. O'donnell, 495 A.2d 798 (Me. 1985). · cites it 2× “" 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1321. Moreover, the Legislature has declared that, beyond simply helping victims of crime, "repayment .”
State of Maine v. Wendy L. Gagne, 2019 ME 7 (Me. 2019). · cites it 2× “[¶21] There is no reason to treat the dissolution of a corporate victim differently given the Legislature's pronouncement that the purposes of restitution include rehabilitating the offender and "reinforc[ing] the offender's sense of responsibility for the offense.”
State v. Berube, 1997 ME 165 (Me. 1997). “” 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (1983). It noted that: “Restitution by the offender can serve to reinforce the offender’s sense of responsibility for the offense, to provide him the opportunity to pay his debt to society and to his victim in a constructive manner, and to ease the burden…”
State v. Woods, 654 A.2d 960 (N.H. 1995). “, Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, § 1321 (West 1964) with Laws 1981, 329:1.”
State of Maine v. David Bradley, 2016 ME 70 (Me. 2016). “See 17-A M.R.S. § 1321 (2015). When calculating restitution, a court must consider, inter alia, “[t]he present and future financial capacity of the offender to pay restitution.”
State v. Lane, 649 A.2d 1112 (Me. 1994). “17-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (1983). Restitution may be imposed “in whole or in part, as compensation for economic loss.”
State v. McCray, 1999 ME 151 (Me. 1999). “, quoting 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (1983). “Moreover, the Legislature has declared that, beyond simply helping victims of crime, ‘repayment .”
State v. Chattley, 650 A.2d 948 (Me. 1994). “Chattley contends he cannot pay this judgment from his own income and that the judgment requires his family to pay the ordered restitution in contravention of the restitution statute, 17-A M.R.S.A § 1321 (1983). We disagree. The trial court carefully considered the statute in…”
State v. LaCasce, 512 A.2d 312 (Me. 1986). “” 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (1983). Section 1326 of the Code provides that “[w]hen restitution is authorized, the time and method of payment .”
State v. La Casce, 512 A.2d 312 (Me. 1986). “" 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (1983). Section 1326 of the Code provides that "[w]hen restitution is authorized, the time and method of payment .”
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