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§ 8-502. Request by incarcerated individual for final disposition

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCorrectional ServicesEffective: October 1, 2023

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Correctional Services (Refs & Annos)
Title 8. State and Local Correctional System--Generally (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Intrastate Detainers
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 8-502
§ 8-502. Request by incarcerated individual for final disposition
Currentness
(a) This section applies whenever the Division of Correction, the Patuxent Institution, or any local correctional facility receives notice of an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint against an incarcerated individual who:
(1) in the case of the Division of Correction, is serving a sentence in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction;
(2) in the case of the Patuxent Institution, is confined at the Patuxent Institution; or
(3) in the case of a local correctional facility, is serving a sentence in the local correctional facility.
(b) An incarcerated individual shall be brought to trial within 120 days after the incarcerated individual has delivered a written request for a final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint to:
(1) the State's Attorney of the county in which the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is pending; and
(2) the appropriate court.
(c) The request for final disposition required under subsection (b) of this section shall be accompanied by a statement from the managing official having immediate supervision over the incarcerated individual setting forth:
(1) the incarcerated individual's term of confinement;
(2) the time already served;
(3) the time remaining to be served;
(4) the amount of diminution credits awarded for good conduct;
(5) the date of parole eligibility for the incarcerated individual; and
(6) the most recent decision of the Maryland Parole Commission or the Board of Review of the Patuxent Institution relating to the incarcerated individual.
(d) For good cause shown in open court, with the incarcerated individual or the incarcerated individual's counsel present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance.

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Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 64, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 27, § 616S.
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 8-502, MD CORR SERV § 8-502
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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