§ 11-104. Pamphlets and notification of victim or victim’s representative of court proceedings
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal ProcedureEffective: October 1, 2017
Effective: October 1, 2017
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-104
§ 11-104. Pamphlets and notification of victim or victim’s representative of court proceedings
(b) On first contact with a victim or victim's representative, a law enforcement officer, District Court commissioner, or juvenile intake officer shall give the victim or the victim's representative the pamphlet described in § 11-914(9)(i) of this title.
(c) Unless to do so would impede or compromise an ongoing investigation or the victim's representative is a suspect or a person of interest in the criminal investigation of the crime involving the victim, on written request of a victim of a crime of violence as defined in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article or the victim's representative, the investigating law enforcement agency shall give the victim or the victim's representative timely notice as to:
(d)(1) Within 10 days after the filing or the unsealing of an indictment or information in circuit court, whichever is later, the prosecuting attorney shall:
(e)(1) A victim or victim's representative may:
(f)(1) Unless provided by the MDEC system, the prosecuting attorney shall send a victim or victim's representative prior notice of each court proceeding in the case, of the terms of any plea agreement, and of the right of the victim or victim's representative to submit a victim impact statement to the court under § 11-402 of this title if:
(ii) If the case is in a jurisdiction that has implemented the MDEC system, the victim may follow the MDEC system protocol to receive notice by electronic mail, to notify the prosecuting attorney, and to request additional notice available through the State's Victim Information and Notification Everyday vendor.
(3) As soon after a proceeding as practicable, the prosecuting attorney shall tell the victim or victim's representative of the terms of any plea agreement, judicial action, and proceeding that affects the interests of the victim or victim's representative, including a bail hearing, change in the defendant's pretrial release order, dismissal, nolle prosequi, stetting of charges, trial, disposition, and postsentencing court proceeding if:
(4) Whether or not the victim or victim's representative has filed a notification request form or followed the MDEC system protocol under subsection (e) of this section, the prosecuting attorney may give the victim or victim's representative information about the status of the case if the victim or victim's representative asks for the information.
(g) If a victim or victim's representative has filed a notification request form or followed the MDEC system protocol under subsection (e) of this section, the clerk of the circuit court or juvenile court:
(h) This section does not prohibit a victim or victim's representative from filing a notification request form with a unit to which a defendant or child respondent has been committed.
(i)(1) After filing a notification request form under subsection (e) of this section, a victim or victim's representative may discontinue further notices by filing a written request with:
Credits
Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 705, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2014, c. 205, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2015, c. 426, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2017, c. 622, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 643, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
Formerly Art. 27, § 770.
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-104, MD CRIM PROC § 11-104
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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