Ch. 717

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, A PERSON WHO IS SERVING A TERM OF CONFINEMENT FOR A VIOLENT
CRIME SHALL RECEIVE A HEARING TO REVIEW THE INMATE'S PROGRESS IN THE
INSTITUTION AFTER THE PERSON HAS SERVED ONE-FOURTH OF THE TERM OF
CONFINEMENT.

(II) A PERSON WHO IS SERVING A TERM OF CONFINEMENT THAT
INCLUDES A MANDATORY TERM DURING WHICH THE PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
PAROLE NEED NOT BE GIVEN A HEARING UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH UNTIL THE
PERSON HAS SERVED THE PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT DURING WHICH THE PERSON
IS NOT ELIGIBLE TOR PAROLE.

(D) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a person

who has been sentenced to life imprisonment is not eligible for parole consideration until

the person has served 15 years or the equal of 15 years when considering the allowances

for diminution of period of confinement provided for in Article 27, § 700 and Article 27,

§ 638C, of the Code.

(2) A person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment as a result of a

proceeding under Article 27, § 413 is not eligible for parole consideration until the person

has served 25 years or the equal of 25 years when considering the allowances for

diminution of period of confinement provided for in Article 27,. § 700 and Article 27, §

638C, of the Code.

(3) (i) If a person is sentenced to imprisonment for life without the
possibility of parole under Article 27, § 412 or § 413 of the Code, the person is not eligible
for parole consideration and may not be granted parole at any time during the term of the
sentence.

(ii) Nothing contained in this paragraph may be construed to restrict
the authority of the Governor to pardon or remit any part of a sentence under the
provisions of § 4-513 of this article.

(4) If eligible for parole under this subsection, an inmate serving a term of
life imprisonment and a person serving a term of life imprisonment who is confined at
Patuxent Institution as an eligible person shall only be paroled with the approval of the
Governor.

643B.

(b) [Any 1 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (F) AND (G) OF THIS SECTION,
ANY person who has served three separate terms of confinement in a correctional institution as
a result of three separate convictions of any crime of violence shall be sentenced, on being
convicted a fourth 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) [Any] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (F) AND (G) OF THIS SECTION,
ANY person who (1) has been convicted on two separate occasions of a crime of violence
where the convictions do not arise from a single incident, and (2) has served at least one term
of confinement in a correctional institution as a result of a conviction of a crime of violence.

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