Maine Code § 14-5536

No rearrest after discharge
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No person discharged by post-conviction review, except as provided in Title 15, chapter 305-A,
shall be again imprisoned or restrained for the same cause, unless indicted therefor, convicted thereof
or committed for want of bail; or unless, after a discharge for defect of proof or some material defect
in the commitment in a criminal case, he is arrested on sufficient proof and committed by legal process
for the same offense. [PL 1981, c. 470, Pt. A, §32 (AMD).]

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