WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                       Ch. 717

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994,

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 717
(House Bill 1112)

AN ACT concerning

Habitual Offenders—Mandatory Sentencing—Crimes of Violence Crimes of Violence -

Mandatory Sentencing - Parole

FOR the purpose of establishing that a person who is convicted a third second time of a
"crime of violence" as defined in the Annotated Code, may be is subject to a
mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if the
person has served two separate terms of confinement as a result of two separate
convictions of any crime of violence a certain number of years under certain
circumstances; altering the definition of "crime of violence"; providing for the
application of the definition- of "crime of violence" in this Act; and generally
relating to the mandatory sentencing of habitual offenders of crimes of violence
making a technical correction; requiring the State to proceed against certain
defendants as subsequent offenders under certain circumstances; allowing the State
to proceed against certain defendants as subsequent offenders under certain
circumstances; providing an exception to the prohibition against parole for inmates
of a certain age under certain circumstances; requiring the Parole Commission to
adopt certain regulations; providing that parole hearings be open to the public
under certain circumstances; requiring the Parole Commission to make certain
records available to the public and deny admission or attendance to parole hearings
under certain circumstances; providing for the closing of parole hearings under
certain circumstances; prohibiting persons convicted of certain violent crimes from
being paroled until having served a certain portion of a sentence; requiring persons
convicted of certain violent crimes to be given a certain hearing after having served
a certain portion of a sentence; making certain stylistic and clarifying changes;
providing an exception to the prohibition against parole for inmates of a certain age
under certain circumstances; requiring the Parole Commission to adopt certain
regulations; providing that parole hearings be open to the public under certain
circumstances; requiring the Parole Commission to make certain records available to the
public and deny admission or attendance to parole hearings under certain
circumstances; providing for the closing of parole hearings under certain circumstances;
prohibiting the granting of credit to an inmate for the time between release on parole and
revocation of parole under certain circumstances; prohibiting persons convicted of
certain violent crimes from being paroled until having served a certain portion of a
sentence; requiring persons convicted of certain violent crimes to be given a certain
review after having served a certain portion of a sentence; and generally relating to
parole and crimes of violence.

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