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Statutes > Maine > Title15 > Title15ch201sec0 > Title15sec1202

Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 3: TRIALS

Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§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.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Maine > Title15 > Title15ch201sec0 > Title15sec1202

Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 3: TRIALS

Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§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.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Maine > Title15 > Title15ch201sec0 > Title15sec1202

Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 3: TRIALS

Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§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.