CHAPTER 29

H.P. 269 - L.D. 340

An Act To Amend Certain Aspects of Post-conviction Review

Procedure

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §2121, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 209, §1, is amended to read:

1-A. Assigned justice. "Assigned justice" means the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or, the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Superior Court or the judge authorized to sit in the Superior Court on post-conviction review cases who is assigned the post-conviction review proceeding when a special assignment has been made. It means any Justice or Active Retired Justice justice, active retired justice or authorized judge attending to the regular criminal calendar when the post-conviction review proceeding is assigned to the regular criminal calendar.

Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §2123, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 209, §2, is amended to read:

1-A. Supreme Court Justice or authorized Judge of the District Court. A single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or, an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shall have or a judge authorized to sit in the Superior Court on post- conviction review cases has and shall exercise jurisdiction, and have has and shall exercise all of the powers, duties and authority necessary for exercising the same jurisdiction as the Superior Court relative to a post-conviction review proceeding.

Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §2129, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 1985, c. 556, §3, is further amended to read: