The Denial of Bail Under Maine's "Proof Evident or Presumption Great" Standard

Authors

Maureen Dea, University of Maine School of Law

Abstract

When the framers of the Maine Constitution gathered in Portland in the fall of 1819, they decided that the document, unlike the Massachusetts Constitution on which it was based, should guarantee a right to bail pending trial. The convention adopted, apparently without debate or dissent, the following provision as part of the Declaration of Rights in article I . . .

First Page

391

Recommended Citation

Maureen Dea, The Denial of Bail Under Maine's "Proof Evident or Presumption Great" Standard, 39 Me. L. Rev. 391 (1987).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol39/iss2/8