1174                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 538

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 616 1/2 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments," subtitle "Indictments," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

616 1/2.

(A) Any person charged with and indicted by a grand jury of this State or
charged by a criminal information for an offense as hereinafter enumerated which
was committed during the time said person had been released on bail or his own
recognizance for committing an offense as hereinafter enumerated, shall become
ineligible to give bail or be released on recognizance on any subsequent charge,
until such time as all prior charges hereunder have finally been determined by the
courts. Provided, however, that a person charged with and indicted for a
subsequent crime as hereinafter set forth, may rebut his ineligibility for release on
bail or recognizance before determination of the prior charge. If, after
consideration of the matters presented in rebuttal, the court hearing the application
for bail is persuaded that the applicant would not pose a danger to any other
person or to the community, and would appear at the time set for trial, the court
may allow release pending trial on suitable bail or recognizance and on such other
conditions as will reasonably assure that the person charged will not flee. For the
purposes of this section, the offenses shall be those specified in the following
sections of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement
Volume) as they may be amended from time to time:

(1)  Section 6 (relating to burning of property, etc.);

(2)  Section 7 (relating to burning of barn, garage, church, etc.);

(3)  Section 10 (relating to attempt to burn building or property);

(4)  Section 11 (relating to setting fire while perpetrating crime);

(5)  Section 12 (relating to assault with intent to murder, ravish or rob);

(6)  Section 29 (relating to burglary generally);

(7)   Section 30 (relating to breaking into a dwelling with intent to steal or
commit a felony);

(7a) Section 32 (relating to breaking into a storehouse, etc., or other outhouse
with intent to commit a felony);

(8)  Section 33 (relating to breaking into shops, etc. and stealing);

(8a) Section 286 (relating to the manufacture, distribution, etc., or to the
counterfeiting, etc., of a controlled dangerous substance or of certain equipment
relating thereto and relating to the keeping of a common nuisance as related to
drug abuse);

(9)  Section 337 (relating to kidnapping generally);

(10)  Section 338 (relating to kidnapping children under sixteen);

(11)  Section 386 (relating to unlawful shooting, stabbing, assaulting, etc., with
intent to maim, disfigure or disable or to prevent lawful apprehension);

(12)  Section 388 (relating to manslaughter by automobile, motorboat, etc.);

(13)  Section 407 (relating to first degree murder);

(14)  Section 408 (relating to murder committed in perpetration of arson);

(15)  Section 409 (relating to murder committed in burning barns, etc.);

(16)  Section 410 (relating to murder committed in perpetration of rape, sodomy,
etc.);

(17)  Section 411 (relating to second degree murder);

(18)  Section 461 (relating to rape generally);

(19)  Section 486 (relating to robbery generally);

(20)  Section 488 (relating to robbery with a deadly weapon).

(B) PRIOR TO CONVICTION, A DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH AN
OFFENSE NOT PUNISHABLE BY LIFE IMPRISONMENT SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO BE ADMITTED TO BAIL. A DEFENDANT CHARGED