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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2017

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Restitution: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • If a defendant at the time of sentencing has consented to the imposition by the sentencing court of a specific amount of restitution, the defendant is thereafter precluded from seeking to attack the legality or propriety of the amount of restitution ordered if that amount does not exceed the specific amount consented to by the defendant. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).