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Code · Maine · Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE · Chapter 73: UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE

§2051. Sentencing alternative of unconditional discharge

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The court shall sentence a convicted person to an unconditional discharge if the court determines that no other authorized sentencing alternative is appropriate punishment and the convicted person is: [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
1. Eligible for probation. Eligible for the imposition of a sentencing alternative that includes a period of probation under section 1802, subsection 1 ; or
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
2. Ineligible for probation due to excluded Class D or Class E crime. Ineligible for the imposition of a sentencing alternative that includes a period of probation under section 1802, subsection 1 solely by operation of section 1802, subsection 1, paragraph B .
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
A sentence of unconditional discharge is for all purposes a final judgment of conviction. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
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