|
WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 205
Approved May 11, 1993.
CHAPTER 205
(Senate Bill 7)
AN ACT concerning
Harassment—Threats Crimes - Stalking - Penalties
FOR the purpose of making it a misdemeanor for a person to harass another person
under certain circumstances; making it a misdemeanor for a person to make a
certain type of threat in the course of harassing another person; establishing that a
second or subsequent conviction for either of these offenses is a felony; imposing
certain penalties; defining certain terms; and generally relating to criminal penalties
for certain types of harassment felony for a person to stalk another person with the
intent to place that person in fear of bodily injury or death; providing that the intent
requirement of the Act is satisfied under certain circumstances; imposing certain
penalties; providing that a sentence imposed under this Act may be imposed
separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any other
offense based upon the act or acts establishing a violation of this Act prohibiting a
person from engaging in stalking; imposing certain penalties; specifying the
circumstances under which a police officer may arrest a person without a warrant;
requiring a court or a District Court Commissioner to consider including certain
protections for alleged victims when releasing pretrial a defendant charged with stalking;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to the criminal penalties for certain
types of stalking.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27—Crimes and Punishments
Section 121A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 121B, 594B(o), and 616 1/2(k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 4-301 and 4-302
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)
- 1517 -
|
