Legal Statutes: Maine

UPDATED November 28, 2012

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• Maine Revised Statutes (select sections)
  • Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services
    • Part 12. Human Rights
      • Chapter 337-A. Protection from Harassment
        • § 4651. Definitions
        • § 4652. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction
        • § 4653. Commencement of proceedings
        • § 4654. Hearings
        • § 4655. Relief
        • § 4656. Identifying information sealed
        • § 4657. Notification
        • § 4659. Violation
      • Chapter 337-B. Civil Rights Act
        • § 4681. Violations of constitutional rights; civil action by Attorney General
  • Title 15. Court Procedure--Criminal
    • Part 1. Criminal Procedure Generally
      • Chapter 15. Possession of Firearms by Prohibited Persons
        • § 393. Possession of firearms prohibited for certain persons
  • Title 17. Crimes
    • Chapter 93-C. Interference with Constitutional and Civil Rights
      • § 2931. Prohibition
  • Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code
    • Part 1. General Principles
      • Chapter 1. Preliminary
        • § 2. Definitions
    • Part 2. Substantive Offenses
      • Chapter 9. Offenses Against the Person
        • § 201. Murder
        • § 202. Felony murder
        • § 203. Manslaughter
        • § 204. Aiding or soliciting suicide
        • § 207. Assault
        • § 208. Aggravated assault
        • § 209. Criminal threatening
        • § 210. Terrorizing
        • § 210-A. Stalking
        • § 211. Reckless conduct
      • Chapter 11. Sexual Assaults
        • § 253. Gross sexual assault
      • Chapter 13. Kidnapping and Criminal Restraint
        • § 301. Kidnapping
        • § 302. Criminal restraint
        • § 303. Criminal restraint by parent
      • Chapter 21. Offenses Against Public Order
        • § 506. Harassment by telephone
        • § 506-A. Harassment
        • § 511. Violation of privacy
        • § 556. Incest
      • Chapter 33. Arson and Other Property Destruction
        • § 802. Arson
        • § 805. Aggravated criminal mischief
        • § 806. Criminal mischief
  • Title 19-A. Domestic Relations
    • Part 3. Parents and Children
      • Chapter 51. General Provisions
        • § 1501. Definitions
      • Chapter 55. Rights and Responsibilities
        • § 1653. Parental rights and responsibilities
        • § 1657. Modification or termination of orders for parental rights and responsibilities
      • Chapter 58. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
        • § 1732. Definitions
      • Chapter 59. Visitation Rights of Grandparents
        • § 1803. Petition
      • Chapter 63. Child Support Guidelines
        • § 2001. Definitions
    • Part 4. Protection from Abuse
      • Chapter 101. Protection from Abuse
        • § 4001. Purposes
        • § 4002. Definitions
        • § 4003. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction
        • § 4004. Application of other acts
        • § 4005. Commencement of proceeding
        • § 4006. Hearings
        • § 4007. Relief
        • § 4008. Identifying information sealed
        • § 4009. Notification
        • § 4010. Procedure
        • § 4011. Violation
        • § 4012. Law enforcement agency responsibilities
        • § 4013. Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse
        • § 4014. Certification of batterers' intervention programs
  • Title 22. Health and Welfare
    • Subtitle 3. Income Supplementation
      • Part 2. Aged, Blind, Disabled or Medically Indigent Persons
        • Chapter 958-A. Adult Protective Services
          • Subchapter 1. General Provisions
            • § 3472. Definitions
      • Part 3. Children
        • Chapter 1071. Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act
          • Subchapter 1. General Provisions
            • § 4002. Definitions
            • § 4005-D. Access to and participating in proceedings
            • § 4005-E. Relatives; visitation and access; placement

Chapter 9. Offenses Against the Person

back to top§ 201. Murder

1. A person is guilty of murder if the person:

A. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another human being;

B. Engages in conduct that manifests a depraved indifference to the value of human life and that in fact causes the death of another human being; or

C. Intentionally or knowingly causes another human being to commit suicide by the use of force, duress or deception.

1-A. For purposes of subsection 1, paragraph B, when the crime of depraved indifference murder is charged, the crime of criminally negligent manslaughter is deemed to be charged.

2. The sentence for murder is as authorized in chapter 51.

3. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection 1, paragraph A, that the person causes the death while under the influence of extreme anger or extreme fear brought about by adequate provocation.

4. For purposes of subsection 3, provocation is adequate if:

A. It is not induced by the person; and

B. It is reasonable for the person to react to the provocation with extreme anger or extreme fear, provided that evidence demonstrating only that the person has a tendency towards extreme anger or extreme fear is not sufficient, in and of itself, to establish the reasonableness of the person's reaction.

5. Nothing contained in subsection 3 may constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude conviction of, manslaughter or any other crime.