Rule 75A – Stay of Execution

May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Maine

(a) Bail Pending Final Disposition. If the court orders the release of the petitioner on bail pending final disposition of the petition pursuant to Rule 74(b) and the petitioner is admitted to bail, the sentence is automatically stayed. If the final judgment is adverse to the petitioner, the stay automatically terminates when the judgment making final disposition is entered in the Unified Criminal Docket. When a stay of sentence of imprisonment is so terminated, the clerk of the Unified Criminal Docket shall forthwith mail a date-stamped copy of the judgment making final disposition to the parties and to the sheriff named in the underlying commitment order. Within 3 days after that mailing, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, the petitioner’s counsel or, if not represented by counsel, the petitioner shall contact the office of the sheriff named in the underlying commitment order and make arrangements satisfactory to the sheriff for surrendering into that sheriff’s custody that day or, at the direction of the sheriff, the next regular business day. If such arrangements are not timely made, or if the arrangements are not complied with, upon the request of the named sheriff or the attorney for the respondent, or by direction of the court, the clerk of the Unified Criminal Docket shall issue a warrant for the petitioner’s arrest. Upon issuance of that warrant and necessary notice by the clerk to the court of that fact, the court, in conformity with Rule 46(g)(1), shall declare a forfeiture of the Rule 74 bail because of the breach of condition.
(b) Bail Pending Appeal. If the court orders the release of the petitioner on bail pending appeal pursuant to Rule 75(b) and the petitioner is admitted to bail, execution of the sentence shall be stayed as provided in Rule 38(a) and (b). The procedure for the petitioner’s surrender following automatic termination of a stay of sentence of imprisonment is as provided in subdivision (a).

Me. R. Uni. Crim. P. 75A

Last amended effective November 2, 2016.