Rule 96 Assignment of Counsel

Committee Advisory Note [December 2014]

The Rule parallels the content of Rule 96 of the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure except that in subdivision (b) a reference to 4 M.R.S. §§ 1801-1804 is added regarding the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services. See also M.R.U. Crim. P. 86.

Advisory Note – March 2010

M.R. Crim. P. 96(a). The amendment, in addition to one formalistic change, makes two changes to reflect more correctly the substance of 15 M.R.S. § 2138(3). First, it adds the statutory precondition to the appointment of counsel that the court first make a specific finding of indigency relative to the person filing the motion. Second, it replaces the word “proceeding” with “proceedings” since 15 M.R.S. ch. 305-B provides for more than one proceeding.

Advisory Note—July 2010

M.R. Crim. P. 96. See Advisory Note—July 2010 to M.R. Crim. P. 44.