Ch. 566

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

738.

(A)     [For] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, FOR
purposes of this subtitle, two or more charges arising from the same incident, transaction,
or set of facts, shall be considered as a unit. If a person is not entitled to an expungement
of any one charge of a unit, he is not entitled to expungement of the other charges in the
unit.

(B)     IF A PERSON IS CHARGED WITH A VIOLATION OF ANY TRAFFIC LAW,
INCLUDING THE MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW, PROVISION OF THE MARYLAND
VEHICLE LAW THAT IS NOT PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OR ANY
OTHER TRAFFIC LAW. ORDINANCE OR REGULATION THAT IS NOT PUNISHABLE BY A
TERM OF IMPRISONMENT:

(1)     THE VIOLATION MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF A UNIT
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION; AND

(2)     THE DISPOSITION ENTERED ON THE VIOLATION MAY NOT PROHIBIT
PRECLUDE EXPUNGEMENT OF ANY CRIMINAL CHARGE THAT ARISES FROM THE
SAME INCIDENT, TRANSACTION, OR SET OF FACTS IF THE PERSON IS OTHERWISE
ENTITLED TO AN EXPUNGEMENT ON ANY OTHER CHARGE OF THE CHARGE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 566
(Senate Bill 164)

AN ACT concerning

Courts - District Court Facilities in Baltimore County

FOR the purpose of removing altering a certain time limitation for the requirement that
a District Court facility be located both in the Dundalk and Owings Mills areas of
Baltimore County; and relating generally to the services of the District Court of
Maryland in District 8.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 1-603(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 320 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993

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