Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 9 (2026)

Indictment and jurisdiction

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law: [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]

1. All proceedings for Class A, B and C crimes must be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived, in which case prosecution must be as the Supreme Judicial Court provides by rule;

[PL 1997, c. 4, §2 (AMD).]

2. All proceedings for murder shall be prosecuted by indictment; and

[PL 1977, c. 510, §19 (AMD).]

3. The District Courts have jurisdiction to try civil violations and Class D and E crimes and to impose sentence in Class A, B and C crimes in which the District Court has accepted a plea of guilty.

[PL 2005, c. 326, §2 (AMD); PL 2005, c. 326, §5 (AFF).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §17 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 510, §19 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 4, §2 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 326, §2 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 326, §5 (AFF).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: State v. Dumont, 507 A.2d 164 (Me. 1986).

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State v. Dumont, 507 A.2d 164 (Me. 1986). · cites it 6× “17-A M.R.S.A. § 9 (1975). [2] Article I, section 7 of the Maine Constitution provides: "No person shall be held to answer for a[n] .”

State v. Eaton, 462 A.2d 502 (Me. 1983). · cites it 2× “See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 9(3) (1983). 4 According to Rule 5(e), the District Court could bind over defendant Eaton to Superior Court if it found “probable cause to believe that an offense ha[d] been committed and that the defendant ha[d] committed it”; otherwise, it was required to…”

Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Jud. Court, 355 A.2d 341 (Me. 1976). “17-A MRSA § 9, sub-§ 3, as enacted by PL 1975, c.”

State v. Myers, 407 A.2d 307 (Me. 1979). “17-A M.R.S.A. § 9; Opinion of the Justices, Me.”

State v. Ricci, 611 A.2d 572 (Me. 1992). “Because the District Court does not have jurisdiction to try a Class B prosecution, see 17-A M.R.S.A. § 9(3) (1983); State v. MacArthur, 458 A.”

State v. MacArthur, 458 A.2d 417 (Me. 1983). “No such jurisdictional grant is provided by statute, see 17-A M.R.S.A. § 9(3), nor do the Maine Rules of Court provide a procedural basis for the District Court’s consideration of a motion to suppress involving a complaint alleging a Class A, B, or C crime.”

State of Maine v. Thomas G. Coffill III, 2026 ME 18 (Me. 2026). “See 17-A M.R.S. § 9(1) (2025) (“All proceedings for Class A, B and C crimes must be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived .”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 9(1) — 2 cases

State v. Dumont, 507 A.2d 164 (Me. 1986). “17-A M.R.S.A. § 9 (1975). [2] Article I, section 7 of the Maine Constitution provides: "No person shall be held to answer for a[n] .”

State of Maine v. Thomas G. Coffill III, 2026 ME 18 (Me. 2026). “See 17-A M.R.S. § 9(1) (2025) (“All proceedings for Class A, B and C crimes must be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived .”

— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 9(3) — 3 cases

State v. Eaton, 462 A.2d 502 (Me. 1983). “See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 9(3) (1983). 4 According to Rule 5(e), the District Court could bind over defendant Eaton to Superior Court if it found “probable cause to believe that an offense ha[d] been committed and that the defendant ha[d] committed it”; otherwise, it was required to…”

State v. Ricci, 611 A.2d 572 (Me. 1992). “Because the District Court does not have jurisdiction to try a Class B prosecution, see 17-A M.R.S.A. § 9(3) (1983); State v. MacArthur, 458 A.”

State v. MacArthur, 458 A.2d 417 (Me. 1983). “No such jurisdictional grant is provided by statute, see 17-A M.R.S.A. § 9(3), nor do the Maine Rules of Court provide a procedural basis for the District Court’s consideration of a motion to suppress involving a complaint alleging a Class A, B, or C crime.”

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