Rule 61 – Harmless Error

No error in either the admission or the exclusion of evidence and no error or defect in any ruling or order or in anything done or omitted by the court or by any of the parties is ground for granting a new trial or for setting aside a verdict or for vacating,...

Rule 98 – Dna Analysis Results

(a) Compliance With 15 M.R.S. §2138(8). The DNA analysis results shall be provided by the crime lab to the court, the person, and the attorney for the State. Upon motion by the person or the attorney for the State, the court may order that copies of the analysis...

Rule 97 – Initial Trial Court Proceedings

(a) Order Preserving Evidence. Following the filing of a motion for DNA analysis the court shall order the State to preserve evidence and prepare and submit an evidence inventory as provided under 15 M.R.S. §2138(2).(b) Court Findings; Order Directing Crime Lab to...

Rule 60 – Relief from Judgment or Order

(a) Clerical Mistakes. Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders or other parts of the record and errors therein arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time of its own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if...

Rule 59 – New Trials: Amendment of Judgments

(a) Grounds. The justice or judge before whom an action has been tried may on motion grant a new trial to all or any of the parties and on all or part of the issues for any of the reasons for which new trials have heretofore been granted in actions at law or in suits...

Rule 96 – Assignment of Counsel

(a) Compliance with 15 M.R.S. §2138(3). Following the filing of a motion for DNA analysis, if the court finds the person to be indigent, the court may assign counsel any time during the proceedings.(b) Determination of Indigency; Assignment and Compensation;...