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2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS
15 §1202. Postponement or continuance
15 ME Rev Stat § 1202 (2011 through 125th Legis) What's This?
Part 3: TRIALS
§1202. Postponement or continuance
The trial of any criminal case, except for a crime punishable by imprisonment for life, may be postponed by the court to a future day of the same term, or the jury may be discharged therefrom and the case continued, if justice will thereby be promoted.
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