Me. Stat. tit. 15 § 1259 : COURT PROCEDURE - CRIMINAL — TRIALS — JURIES — Challenges for cause TEXT PDF Challenges for cause shall be allowed to the prosecuting officer and the accused as in civil cases, but no member of a grand jury finding an indictment shall sit on the trial thereof, if challenged therefor by the accused. [ 1965, c. 356, §48 (RPR).] 15 M.R.S. § 1259 1965, c. 356, § 48 (RPR) .