Maine Revised Statutes
Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
15 §1091-A. Failure to report

§1091-A. Failure to report
1.  Failure to report after stay of execution.  A defendant who has been sentenced but granted a stay of execution to report until a specified date or event and who, in fact, fails to report as ordered is guilty of:  
 
A. A Class E crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of less than one year; or   [PL 1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW).]
B. A Class C crime if the underlying crime was punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment of one year or more.   [PL 1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2013, c. 266, §1 (AMD).]
2.  Affirmative defense.  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection 1 that the failure to report resulted from just cause.  
[PL 2013, c. 266, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Strict liability.  Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.  
[PL 2013, c. 266, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 456, §1 (NEW). PL 2013, c. 266, §1 (AMD).

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