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on that person's own behalf and to be represented by counsel.__If | | the person who was granted deferred disposition pursuant to section | | 1348-A can not afford counsel, the court shall appoint counsel for | | the person.__Assignment of counsel and withdrawal of counsel must | | be in accordance with the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
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| | | 5.__A summons must be used to order a person who was granted | | deferred disposition pursuant to section 1348-A to appear for a | | hearing under this section.__If the person can be located and | | served with a summons, the attorney for the State may not | | commence a hearing under this section by having the person | | arrested, except that a person who fails to appear as required | | may be arrested pursuant to a bench warrant or an order of | | arrest. |
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| | | 6. If a person who was granted deferred disposition pursuant | | to section 1348-A can not, with due diligence, be located, the | | attorney for the State shall file a written notice of this fact | | with the court that ordered the deferred disposition.__If the | | hearing is for a final disposition at the conclusion of the | | period of deferment, and the person fails to appear at that | | hearing, the person may be arrested pursuant to a bench warrant | | or an order of arrest.__If the hearing is to determine whether | | the person has inexcusably failed to comply with a court-imposed | | deferment requirement, the attorney for the State shall apply for | | a warrant of arrest in accordance with Rule 41 of the Maine Rules | | of Criminal Procedure. |
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| | | §1348-C.__Limited review by appeal |
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| | | A person is precluded from seeking to attack the legality of a | | deferred disposition, including a final disposition, except that | | a person who has been determined by a court to have inexcusably | | failed to comply with a court-imposed deferment requirement and | | thereafter has been sentenced to an alternative authorized for | | the crime may appeal to the Law Court, but not as of right.__The | | time for taking the appeal and the manner and any conditions for | | the taking of the appeal are as the Supreme Judicial Court | | provides by rule. |
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| | | A person who has been convicted of a Class D or Class E crime | | may be sentenced to a sentence alternative under section 1152 | | that includes a period of administrative release, unless: |
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