Unless otherwise specified, the following words or variants shall have the following meanings:
(a) Arrest Tracking Number (ATN). "Arrest Tracking Number" or "ATN" is a unique identifier for a formal action undertaken by a criminal justice agency that initiates criminal charges. If the criminal justice agency initiating criminal charges is a law enforcement agency, the formal action required is the custodial arrest and fingerprinting of the individual or the issuance or delivery to the individual of a Uniform Summons and Complaint. If the criminal justice agency initiating criminal charges is a prosecutorial office (District Attorney office or office of the Attorney General), the formal action is the filing of a complaint, the return of an indictment by a grand jury, or the filing of an information relative to an individual. The ATN is a seven-character alphanumeric field consisting of six numbers followed by one letter. The ATN is assigned by the Maine State Police upon the request of a criminal justice agency. A request must be made through the Maine Telecommunications and Radio Operations (METRO) system. The following criminal charges do not require an ATN: any Class D or Class E crime in title 12 or title 29-A other than a Class D or Class E crime involving hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with an excessive blood-alcohol level, or the operation or attempted operation of a watercraft, all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile, or motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with excessive blood-alcohol level.(b) Attorney for the State. "Attorney for the State" means the Attorney General, any authorized full-time or part-time deputy attorney general, assistant attorney general or staff attorney; a district attorney or any authorized full-time or part-time deputy or assistant of a district attorney; or such other person or persons as may be authorized by law to act as representatives of the State of Maine in a criminal proceeding.(c) Charge Tracking Number (CTN). "Charge Tracking Number" or "CTN" is a unique identifier that designates each charge associated with the formal action undertaken by a criminal justice agency initiating criminal charges that is designated by the ATN. The CTN is a three-character numeric field assigned to each charge and is added to the ATN with no hyphen or slash separating the two. The CTN is assigned by the Maine State Police upon the request of a criminal justice agency. A request must be made through the Maine Telecommunications and Radio Operations (METRO) system. A criminal charge that does not require an ATN under subdivision (a) of this Rule does not require a CTN.(d) Court. "Court" means both a Superior Court justice and a District Court judge unless the context clearly indicates only one or the other. "Court" also means the Superior Court or the District Court when used in this context.(e) District Court Judge. "District Court Judge" includes a justice or active retired justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or a justice or active retired justice of the Superior Court sitting in the District Court by assignment.(f) State Identification Number. "State Identification Number" means the number assigned to a person by the State Bureau of Identification when the person first becomes known to the Bureau. Events reported to the State Bureau of Identification that cause the assignment of a "State Identification Number" to a person by the Bureau include the custodial arrest and fingerprinting or the issuance or delivery of a Uniform Summons and Complaint as reported by a law enforcement agency, the filing of a complaint, the return of an indictment by a grand jury, or the filing of an information relative to an individual as reported by a prosecutorial office (District Attorney office or office of the Attorney General), the final disposition of a case as reported by the courts, and the intake of an inmate by the Department of Corrections.(g) Superior Court Justice. "Superior Court Justice" includes a justice or active retired justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or a judge or active retired judge of the District Court sitting in the Superior Court by assignment.(h)Statute Sequence Number. "Statute Sequence Number" means the unique number assigned by the Maine Judicial Information System (MEJIS) to each crime and crime variant contained in Maine statutes. A criminal charge that does not require an ATN under subdivision (a) of this Rule does not require a "Statute Sequence Number."(i) Unified Criminal Docket. "Unified Criminal Docket" means the single criminal docket for each county resulting from the consolidation of what formerly were the two separate and distinct criminal dockets for the Superior and District Courts.Last amended effective 11/2/2016.