LD 1091
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LR 775
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Penobscot Nation in a proceeding in which the
prosecuting authority was required to plead and prove
that the person committed the crime with the use of:

 
(a) A firearm against a person; or

 
(b) Any other dangerous weapon;

 
C. Has been adjudicated in this State or under the laws
of the United States or any other state to have engaged in
conduct as a juvenile that, if committed by an adult,
would have been a disqualifying conviction:

 
(1) Under paragraph A-1, subparagraphs (1) to (4)
and bodily injury to another person was threatened or
resulted; or

 
(3) Under paragraph A-1, subparagraph (5); or

 
D. Is subject to an order of a court of the United States
or a state, territory, commonwealth or tribe that
restrains that person from harassing, stalking or
threatening an intimate partner, as defined in 18 United
States Code, Section 921(a), of that person or a child of
the intimate partner of that person, or from engaging in
other conduct that would place the intimate partner in
reasonable fear of bodily injury to the intimate partner
or the child, except that this paragraph applies only to a
court order that was issued after a hearing for which that
person received actual notice and at which that person had
the opportunity to participate and that:

 
(1) Includes a finding that the person represents a
credible threat to the physical safety of an intimate
partner or a child; or

 
(2) By its terms, explicitly prohibits the use,
attempted use or threatened use of physical force
against an intimate partner or a child that would
reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury.

 
For the purposes of this subsection, a person is deemed to
have been convicted upon the acceptance of a plea of guilty or
nolo contendere or a verdict or finding of guilty, or of the
equivalent in a juvenile case, by a court of competent
jurisdiction.

 
For the purposes of this subsection, a person is deemed to
have been found not criminally responsible by reason of mental
disease or defect guilty but insane upon the acceptance of a
plea of not


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