LD 1523
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LD 1523 Title Page An Act to Amend Criminal Law Procedures Regarding Defendants Found Incompetent ... LD 1523 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
CONCEPT DRAFT

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

 
This bill proposes to amend the current law to establish a
procedure to deal with defendants who are found incompetent to
stand trial by a court. Under the procedure established by this
bill, a defendant found incompetent to stand trial would be
ordered by the court to be confined by the State for the purpose
of obtaining treatment. The defendant would be confined until
the court found that the person was competent to stand trial.


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