Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-A, § 5807 (2026)
Sentence for crime committed by parolee
✓ laws through the 2025 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
ME-LEGlegislature.maine.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
Any parolee who commits an offense while on parole where the offense is punishable by imprisonment for one year or more and who is sentenced to the Department of Corrections shall serve the 2nd sentence beginning on the date of termination of the first sentence, unless the first sentence is otherwise terminated by the board.
[PL 1985, c. 203 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 203 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Gilbert v. State, 549 A.2d 737 (Me. 1988).
Gilbert v. State, 549 A.2d 737 (Me. 1988). “Because this case is governed by 34-A M.R.S.A. § 5807, which removes the board’s discretion in cases precisely like the one presented here, we find no abuse of discretion and, therefore, affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.