PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 305

(f) For purposes of this article, an electronic terminal is not a branch of a banking
institution.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 305
(Senate Bill 235)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Procedure — Pretrial Release

FOR the purpose of requiring the court or a District Court commissioner to consider
whether a defendant will flee or pose a danger to another person or the community
when making decisions concerning pretrial release; prohibiting a District Court
commissioner from releasing pretrial an individual previously convicted of a crime
of violence if the individual is charged with committing another crime of violence
within a certain period of time; clarifying that a judge may allow pretrial release on
either bail, certain conditions, or both bail and certain conditions; requiring a judge to
order continued detention for these individuals under certain circumstances;
requiring the Court of Appeals to adopt rules to implement this Act; and generally
relating to criminal procedure and pretrial release.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 616 1/2(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 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

616 1/2.

(1) (1) IN ALL CRIMINAL CASES WHEN MAKING PRETRIAL RELEASE
DECISIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE FACTORS UNDER MARYLAND RULE 4-216(F) WHICH
MAY BE CONSIDERED, THE COURT OR DISTRICT COURT COMMISSIONER SHALL
CONSIDER WHETHER A DEFENDANT WILL FLEE OR POSE A DANGER TO ANOTHER
PERSON OR THE COMMUNITY.

(2) (1) A District Court commissioner may not authorize the release
pretrial of a defendant charged with a crime of violence under § 643B of this article [who
is on parole, probation, or mandatory supervision for an earlier crime of violence] IF THE
DEFENDANT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND GUILTY

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