§ 8-102

Maryland § 8-102

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gcp: Criminal Procedure
• Title: 8

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person convicted of a crime by a circuit court and sentenced to serve a sentence that exceeds 2 years in a correctional facility is entitled to a single sentence review by a review panel.

(b) A person is not entitled:

(1) to a sentence review if the sentence was imposed by more than one circuit court judge; or

(2) to a review of an order requiring a suspended part of a sentence to be served if:

(i) the sentence originally was wholly or partly suspended;

(ii) the sentence was reviewed; and

(iii) the suspended sentence or suspended part of that sentence later was required to be served.

(c) For purposes of this subtitle, a sentence that exceeds 2 years is a sentence in which the total period of the sentence and any unserved time of a prior or simultaneous sentence exceeds 2 years, including:

(1) a sentence imposed by a circuit court;

(2) a requirement by a circuit court that all or part of a suspended sentence be served; and

(3) a prior or simultaneous sentence, suspended or not suspended, that has been imposed by a court or other authority of the State or of another jurisdiction.