Ch. 728

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 728

(House Bill 1187)

AN ACT concerning

Probation or Work Release - Controlled Dangerous
Substances or Alcohol Testing

FOR the purpose of establishing that a certain report of a
certain controlled dangerous substance or alcohol test is
sufficiently reliable to justify revocation of the
defendant's probation or work release, without an expert
witness from the laboratory testifying to support the
contents of the report under certain circumstances;
establishing that a certain statement is sufficient to
establish the chain of physical custody or control of
certain material under certain circumstances; establishing
that nothing in this Act precludes the right of certain
parties to introduce any evidence supporting or
contradicting the evidence contained in or the presumptions
raised by a certain report or certain statement; requiring
the prosecution to require the presence of certain persons
as a prosecution witness under certain circumstances;
establishing that a certain person who performs a laboratory
test under this Act is subject to cross-examination, under
certain circumstances, by any party to the proceeding;
establishing that a report of a laboratory test administered
under this Act is prima facie evidence of a controlled
dangerous substance or alcohol test under certain
circumstances; requiring a copy of a certain report and
statement to be available to the defendant or the
defendant's counsel a certain number of days before the
probation or work release hearing; and generally relating to
the revocation of probation or work release based on certain
controlled dangerous substances or alcohol tests.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 10-914

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

10-914.

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