542                                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 139

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 737(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 737(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

737.

(a) If a person is charged with the commission of a crime
and

(1)   Is acquitted, or

(2)  The charge is otherwise dismissed or quashed, or

(3)  A judgment of probation without finding a verdict
or probation on stay of entry of judgment is entered, or

(4)  A nolle prosequi is entered, or

(5)  The proceeding is placed on the stet docket, or

(6)  The case is compromised pursuant to Article 10, §
37 of this Code, or

(7)   Is convicted of only one criminal act, which is
not a crime of violence, and is subsequently granted a full and
unconditional pardon by the Governor, he may file a petition
setting forth the relevant facts and requesting expungement of
the police records, court records, and other records maintained
by the State of Maryland and its subdivisions, pertaining to the
charge.

(c) With the exception of a petition based on subsection
(a)(7) of this section, the petition may not be filed earlier
than [three] 3 years nor later than [eight] 20 years after the
date the judgment or order was entered or the action was taken
which terminated the proceeding. However, except for an acquittal
on grounds of insanity, the three-year waiting period does not
apply to a charge specified in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) if a
person files, with the petition, a written general waiver and
release, in proper legal form, of all claim he may have against