Ch. 312

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e) (1) If a victim has filed a notification request form under subsection (d) of
this section, the State's Attorney shall send to the victim prior notice, if practicable, of all
court proceedings in the case.

(2) If the case is in a jurisdiction in which the office of the clerk is equipped
with an automated filing system, nothing in this subsection precludes the State's Attorney
from requesting the clerk to send the notice required under paragraph (1) of this
subsection.

(3) After a victim has filed a notification request form under subsection (d)
of this section and if prior notice to the victim is not practicable, or if the victim is not
present at the proceeding, the State's Attorney shall, as soon after the proceeding as
practicable, advise the victim of all proceedings that affect the victim's interests, including
a bail hearing or change in the defendant's pretrial release order, dismissal, nolle
prosequi or stetting of charges, trial, disposition, or post-sentencing court proceeding.

(4) Whether or not the victim has filed a notification request form under
subsection (d) of this section, if the victim requests such information, nothing may
preclude the State's Attorney from giving the victim information concerning the current
status of the case.

(f) (1) If a commitment order is issued after a victim has filed a notification
request form under subsection (d) of this section, the clerk shall include a copy of the
notification request form with the commitment order.

(2) IF A PROBATION ORDER IS ISSUED AFTER A VICTIM HAS FILED A
NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, THE
CLERK SHALL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM WITH THE
PROBATION ORDER.

(g) If an appeal is filed in a case in which a victim has filed a notification request
form under subsection (d) of this section, the clerk shall send a copy of the notification
request form to the Attorney General and the court to which the case has been appealed.

(h) At any time after filing a notification request form under subsection (d) of this
section, a victim may elect not to receive any further notices by filing a written request
with:

(1) If the case is still in the circuit court or the juvenile court, the State's
Attorney; or

(2) If a commitment order has been issued in the case, the department or
facility specified in the commitment order to which the defendant has been committed.

(i) This section does not prohibit a victim from filing a notification request form
with a department or facility to which a defendant has been committed.

771.

ON REQUEST OF A PARTY, VICTIM, OR WITNESS OF AN ALLEGED CRIME OR
DELINQUENT ACT THE STATE OR A VICTIM OF OR A WITNESS TO A FELONY OR
DELINQUENT ACT THAT WOULD BE A FELONY IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULT. A

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