(a) Person or Entity Entitled to File a Post-Judgment Motion. Any person who satisfies the prerequisites of 15 M.R.S. §§2181 and 2182 may file a post-judgment motion in the underlying criminal proceeding for determination of factual innocence and correction of the court records and related criminal justice agency records. The attorney for the State or a court may file the motion on behalf of a qualifying person. Filing must be in accordance with Rule 49.(b) Docketing and Assignment of Post-Judgment Motion. The post-judgment motion shall be docketed by the clerk in the Unified Criminal Docket as contemplated by 15 M.R.S. §§2182(1) and 2183(1). The motion shall be assigned as provided under 15 M.R.S. §2183(1).(c) Service of the Post-Judgment Motion. Pursuant to 15 M.R.S. §2183(1), the specially assigned justice or judge shall determine upon whom and how service of the post-judgment motion is to be made and enter an order in this regard.
