HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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violence, to life imprisonment without the possibility of
parole. Regardless of any other law to the contrary, the
provisions of this section are mandatory.

(c)  Any person who (1) has been convicted on two
separate occasions of a crime of violence where the
convictions do not arise from a single incident, and (2) has
served at least one term of confinement in a correctional
institution as a result of a conviction of a crime of
violence, shall be sentenced, on being convicted a third
time of a crime of violence, to imprisonment for the term
allowed by law, but, in any event, not less than 25 years.
Neither the sentence nor any part of it may be suspended,
and the person shall not be eligible for parole except in
accordance with the provisions of Article 31B, § 1.1. A
SEPARATE OCCASION SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONE IN WHICH THE
SECOND OR SUCCEEDING OFFENSE IS COMMITTED AFTER THERE HAS
BEEN A CHARGING DOCUMENT FILED FOR THE PRECEDING OCCASION.

(d)   If the State intends to proceed against a person
as a subsequent offender under this section, it shall comply
with the procedures set forth in the Maryland Rules for the
indictment and trial of a subsequent offender.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 25, 1982.

CHAPTER 480

(House Bill 543)

AN ACT concerning

Pistols and Revolvers - Crimes of Violence

FOR the purpose of expanding the definition of a "crime of
violence" as used in the laws regulating pistols and
revolvers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 441(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)