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.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 5536
No rearrest after discharge
PL 1981, c. 470, §A32 (AMD).
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