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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 752 (2026)

Assault on an officer

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §§80,81 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 656, §1 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1976–1982 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Jud. Court, 355 A.2d 341 (Me. 1976).
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Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Jud. Court, 355 A.2d 341 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “17-A MRSA § 752, sub-§ 2, 2nd sentence, as enacted by PL 1975, c.”
State v. Austin, 381 A.2d 652 (Me. 1978). “17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 752(2), 207. As the comment to section 752 makes clear, it is precisely in the circumstance when a person believes that he is being illegally arrested that section 752 is intended to function as a deterrent to violence.”
State v. Judkins, 440 A.2d 355 (Me. 1982). “Compare 17-A M.R.S.A. § 752 (Supp.1976) (repealed) with 17-A M.”
State v. MacArthur, 417 A.2d 976 (Me. 1980). “On October 10, 1978, Officer Graves filed a complaint in District Court charging de *978 fendant with a violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 752, Assault on an Officer, Class D.”
State v. Frenette, 388 A.2d 97 (Me. 1978). “A complaint brought in the District Court (District Ten) accused defendant Philip Frenette of having assaulted a law enforcement officer while the officer was in the performance of his official duties, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 752(1)(A). The case was transferred to the…”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 752(1)(A) — 1 case
State v. Frenette, 388 A.2d 97 (Me. 1978). “A complaint brought in the District Court (District Ten) accused defendant Philip Frenette of having assaulted a law enforcement officer while the officer was in the performance of his official duties, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 752(1)(A). The case was transferred to the…”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 752(2) — 1 case
State v. Austin, 381 A.2d 652 (Me. 1978). “17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 752(2), 207. As the comment to section 752 makes clear, it is precisely in the circumstance when a person believes that he is being illegally arrested that section 752 is intended to function as a deterrent to violence.”
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