Ch. 717

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 643B 643B(b), (c), and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 643B(e) and (f), (f), and (g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
Section 4-507 and 4-516 4-507, 4-511(d), and 4-516
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

643B.

(a) As used in this section, the term "crime of violence" means abduction; arson
in the first degree; [burglary; daytime housebreaking under § 30(b) of this article;]
kidnapping; manslaughter, except involuntary manslaughter; mayhem and maiming under
§§ 384, 385, and 386 of this article; murder; rape; robbery; robbery with a deadly weapon;
carjacking or armed carjacking; sexual-offense in the first degree; sexual offense in the
second degree; use of a handgun in the commission of a felony of other crime of violence
an attempt to commit any of the aforesaid offenses; assault with intent to murder; assault
with intent to rape; assault with intent to job; assault with intent to commit a sexual
offense in the first degree; and assault with intent to commit a sexual offense in the
second degree.

The term "correctional institution" includes Patuxent Institution and a local or
regional jail or detention center.

(b) Any (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS SECTION, ANY
person who has served [three] TWO separate terms of confinement in a correctional
institution as a result of [three] TWO separate convictions of any crime of violence shall
be sentenced, on being convicted a [fourth] THIRD time of a crime of violence, to life
imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Regardless of any other law to the
contrary, the provisions of this section SUBSECTION are mandatory.

(c) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" INCLUDES, IN
ADDITION TO THOSE CRIMES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION,
BURGLARY AND DAYTIME HOUSEBREAKING UNDER § 30(B) OF THIS ARTICLE.

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