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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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| §1349.__Eligibility for sentence alternative that includes |
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| period of administrative release |
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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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