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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 720

(1)  "WRITING" MEANS LETTERS, WORDS, OR NUMBERS,
OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, SET DOWN BY HANDWRITING, TYPEWRITING,
PRINTING, PHOTOSTATING, PHOTOGRAPHING, MAGNETIC IMPULSE,
MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC RECORDING, OR OTHER FORM OF DATA
COMPILATION.

(2)  "PHOTOGRAPHS" INCLUDE STILL PHOTOGRAPHS,
X-RAY FILMS, VIDEO TAPES, AND MOTION PICTURES.

(3) (I) "ORIGINAL" OF A WRITING MEANS THE
WRITING ITSELF OR ANY COUNTERPART INTENDED TO HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT BY A PERSON EXECUTING OR ISSUING IT.

(II)  "ORIGINAL" OF A PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDES
THE NEGATIVE OR ANY PRINT THEREFROM.

(III)  "ORIGINAL" INCLUDES, IF DATA IS
STORED IN A COMPUTER OR SIMILAR DEVICE, ANY PRINTOUT OR
OTHER OUTPUT READABLE BY SIGHT THAT REFLECTS THE DATA
ACCURATELY.

(4) (I) "DUPLICATE" MEANS A COUNTERPART PRODUCED
BY THE SAME IMPRESSION AS THE ORIGINAL, OR FROM THE SAME
MATRIX, OR BY MEANS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING ENLARGEMENTS
AND MINIATURES, OR BY MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC RERECORDING,
OR BY CHEMICAL REPRODUCTION, OR BY OTHER EQUIVALENT
TECHNIQUES WHICH ACCURATELY REPRODUCES THE ORIGINAL.

(II) "DUPLICATE" INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS.

(B) A DUPLICATE IS ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE TO THE SAME
EXTENT AS AN ORIGINAL UNLESS:

(1)  A GENUINE QUESTION IS RAISED AS TO THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THE ORIGINAL; OR

(2)  UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WOULD BE UNFAIR
TO ADMIT THE DUPLICATE IN LIEU OF THE ORIGINAL.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 721
(Senate Bill 311)
AN ACT concerning

Credit Against Sentence for Time Spent in Custody