Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-209
This is the official text of Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-209, part of Maryland’s Code, Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases.
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§6–209.
Official statutory text
(a) The Commission shall review annually sentencing policy and practice and, on or before January 31 of each year, report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the activities of the preceding calendar year.
(b) (1) The report shall:
(i) include any changes to the sentencing guidelines made during the preceding year;
(ii) review judicial compliance with the sentencing guidelines, including compliance by crime and by judicial circuit;
(iii) review reductions or increases in original sentences that have occurred because of reconsiderations of sentences imposed under § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; and
(iv) categorize information on the number of reconsiderations of sentences by crimes as listed in § 14–101(a) of the Criminal Law Article and by judicial circuit.
(2) The Commission shall consider a sentence to a corrections options program to be within the sentencing guidelines if the sentence falls within a corrections options zone shown on the matrix.
(b) (1) The report shall:
(i) include any changes to the sentencing guidelines made during the preceding year;
(ii) review judicial compliance with the sentencing guidelines, including compliance by crime and by judicial circuit;
(iii) review reductions or increases in original sentences that have occurred because of reconsiderations of sentences imposed under § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; and
(iv) categorize information on the number of reconsiderations of sentences by crimes as listed in § 14–101(a) of the Criminal Law Article and by judicial circuit.
(2) The Commission shall consider a sentence to a corrections options program to be within the sentencing guidelines if the sentence falls within a corrections options zone shown on the matrix.
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