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§ 8-102. Right to sentence review

MD Crim Pro Code § 8-102 (2019) (N/A)
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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.

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