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| | | An Act To Ensure Effective Prosecution of Certain Repeat |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 1, §10, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4-A. If the State pleads and proves that, at the time any crime, | | excluding murder, under chapter 9, 11, 13 or 27 or section 402-A, | | subsection 1, paragraph A was committed, the defendant had been convicted | | of 2 or more crimes violating chapter 9, 11, 13 or 27 or section 402-A, | | subsection 1, paragraph A or essentially similar crimes in other | | jurisdictions, the sentencing class for the crime is one class higher | | than it would otherwise be. In the case of a Class A crime, the | | sentencing class is not increased, but the prior record must be given | | serious consideration by the court when imposing a sentence. Section 9-A | | governs the use of prior convictions when determining a sentence, except | | that, for the purposes of this subsection, for violations under chapter | | 11, the dates of prior convictions may have occurred at any time. |
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