Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2123 – Jurisdiction and venue
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1. Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction shall be in the Superior Court.
[PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2123
- Assigned justice or judge: means the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, 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. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2121
- Criminal judgment: means a judgment of conviction of a crime, the orders of adjudication and disposition in a juvenile case and a judgment of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2121
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
1-A. Supreme Court Justice or authorized Judge of the District Court. A single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or a judge authorized to sit in the Superior Court on post-conviction review cases has and shall exercise jurisdiction and 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.
[PL 2003, c. 29, §2 (AMD).]
2. Venue. Venue must be in the county in which the criminal judgment was entered. Venue may be transferred by the assigned justice or judge at that assigned justice’s or judge’s discretion.
[RR 2011, c. 2, §13 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 235, §3 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 816, §B4 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 209, §2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 29, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 601, §5 (AMD). RR 2011, c. 2, §13 (COR).