WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 421

in a criminal proceeding, contesting the disposition or finding of any charge or final
determination in a criminal justice proceeding, or taking any action to stop or
otherwise impede a pending criminal prosecution in a manner which affects an
accused person's right to a speedy trial; defining a certain term; and generally
relating to judicial review and the rights of victims of violent crimes providing to
victims of crime a right to file an application for leave to appeal from certain
interlocutory or final orders and from the denial of certain rights; defining a certain term;
and generally relating to rights of crime victims.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 14-101 and 14-102 to be under the new title "Title 14. Victims of Violent

Crimes"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 620 and 643D
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 4-609

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 12-303A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 Replacement Volume and 1992 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

TITLE 14. VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES

14-101.

(A) (1) IN THIS TITLE, "VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME" MEANS A VICTIM OF:

(I) A CRIME OF VIOLENCE AS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE 27, § 643B
OF THE CODE;

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