§ 2-402. Policy of the State; audiovisual recordings of custodial interrogations
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal ProcedureEffective: October 1, 2008
Effective: October 1, 2008
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 2-402
§ 2-402. Policy of the State; audiovisual recordings of custodial interrogations
It is the public policy of the State that:
(1) a law enforcement unit that regularly utilizes one or more interrogation rooms capable of creating audiovisual recordings of custodial interrogations shall make reasonable efforts to create an audiovisual recording of a custodial interrogation of a criminal suspect in connection with a case involving murder, rape, sexual offense in the first degree, or sexual offense in the second degree, whenever possible; and
(2) a law enforcement unit that does not regularly utilize one or more interrogation rooms capable of creating audiovisual recordings of custodial interrogations shall make reasonable efforts to create an audio recording of a custodial interrogation of a criminal suspect in connection with a case involving murder, rape, sexual offense in the first degree, or sexual offense in the second degree, whenever possible.
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Added by Acts 2008, c. 359, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 360, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 2-402, MD CRIM PROC § 2-402
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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