INITIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNIFIED CRIMINAL DOCKET

27 (a) Initial Appearance Before the Court. A defendant arrested for any crime, either under a warrant issued upon an indictment or upon an information or complaint filed in the Unified Criminal Docket or without a warrant, who is not sooner released, shall be brought before the court without unnecessary delay and in no event later than 48 hours after the arrest, Such excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and court holidays. appearance may be by audiovisual device in the discretion of the court. If such appearance has not taken place within 36 hours after the arrest, the custodian shall notify the attorney for the State of the upcoming deadline. If such appearance has not taken place within 48 hours after the arrest, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and court holidays, the custodian shall release the defendant from custody or bring the defendant forthwith before the court for such appearance. (1) Defendants Arrested Under a Warrant. Defendants arrested under a warrant issued upon an indictment, an information, or a complaint filed in the Unified Criminal Docket shall be taken before the court. If the arrest is made at a place 100 miles or more from the court designated in the warrant, the defendant arrested, if bail has not been previously set or denied by the court, shall be taken before the nearest available court or, if authorized to set bail for the crime charged pursuant to the Maine Bail Code, before the nearest available bail commissioner, who shall admit the defendant to bail for appearance before the court where the indictment, information, or complaint has been filed. Such appearance should be scheduled for no fewer than 14 days and not more than 42 days after the arrest. A determination of probable cause pursuant to