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Ch. 155
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 139
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
139.
(a) (1) If any individual who IS legally [is] detained in
the State penitentiary or a jail., house of correction,
reformatory, station house, or other place of confinement in this
State or who is committed to the Drug Abuse Administration for
examination or inpatient treatment escapes, the individual is
guilty of a felony and on conviction by the circuit court for the
county in which the escape takes place, is subject to confinement
in the State penitentiary or a jail or house of correction for an
additional period not exceeding 10 years. [A] THE sentence
imposed under this subsection shall be consecutive to [the] ANY
sentence [under] which WAS BEING SERVED AND WHICH REMAINED TO
SERVED BY THE ESCAPEE AT THE TIME OF THE ESCAPE. [the individual
originally was confined and may not be suspended.] SENTENCE WHICH
WAS BEING SERVED AT THE TIME OF THE ESCAPE, OR ANY SENTENCE WHICH
HAD BEEN IMPOSED BUT WAS NOT YET BEING SERVED AT THE TIME OF
SENTENCING ON THE ESCAPE. A SENTENCE IMPOSED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION MAY NOT BE SUSPENDED.
(2) An institution or agency that operates under the
authority of the Juvenile Services Administration and treats
children who are adjudicated delinquent is a place of confinement
for the purpose of this section. However, for an escape from a
juvenile institution or agency that does not involve an assault,
the sentence may not exceed confinement for 3 years.
(b) An escapee who is convicted under this section is
liable for all expenses incurred in the return of the escapee to
the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction. The Commissioner
shall notify the returned escapee of any charges. A hearing
shall be granted to any returned escapee who wishes to challenge
the reasonableness of the charges. The Commissioner of
Correction may establish appropriate rules, regulations, and
procedures for charging an escapee with expenses, collecting
those expenses, and for hearings to challenge those expenses.
(c) A person who aids in the escape of the individual under
this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction by the
circuit court for the county in which the escape takes place is
subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.
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