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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 29, § 1315 (2026)

Recklessly causing death; license revoked

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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 330 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 567, §20 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 731, §53 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1967–1977 · leading case: State v. Warner, 237 A.2d 150 (Me. 1967).
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State v. Warner, 237 A.2d 150 (Me. 1967). · cites it 2× “On appeal from conviction by the jury upon a charge of reckless homicide in violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1315. The pertinent part of this section reads as follows: "Any person who operates a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of others and thereby causes the death of…”
Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Jud. Court, 355 A.2d 341 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “29 MRSA § 1315, as last amended by PL 1973, c.”
State v. Rhoades, 380 A.2d 1023 (Me. 1977). · cites it 2× “29 M.R.S.A. § 1315. 1 The crime is alleged to have been committed on March 31, 1976, prior to the repeal of Section 1315.”
State v. Leeman, 291 A.2d 709 (Me. 1972). · cites it 2× “The indictment charged Reckless Homicide (29 M.R.S.A. § 1315). The Presiding Justice had instructed the jury that the offense of Death caused by Violation of Law was a lesser offense necessarily included within the greater offense of Reckless Homicide and the sole issue raised…”
State v. Grant, 266 A.2d 232 (Me. 1970). · cites it 5× “The defendant, Lester Grant, was indicted and convicted under 29 M.R.S.A. § 1315, of the crime of reckless homicide following the death of another in an automobile accident.”
State v. Northup, 318 A.2d 489 (Me. 1974). “§ 2552), with reckless homicides (29 M.R.S.A. § 1315), or with deaths alleged to have resulted from operation of a motor vehicle based on unlawful acts not necessarily required to establish the crime of reckless homicide (State v.”
State v. Ifill, 349 A.2d 176 (Me. 1975). “§ 1315 provides: “Any person who operates a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of others and thereby causes the death of another person, when the death of such person results within one year, shall be guilty of the offense of reckless homicide.”
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