PRETRIAL RELEASE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals:
C. Carey Deeley, Jr., Esq., Chair
Douglas L. Colbert, Esq.; Robert L. Dean, Esq.; Angela M. Eaves; Michael J. Elmore; Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Esq.; Dennis J. Laye, Esq.; Scott G. Patterson; Laura Kelsey Rhodes, Esq.; Stuart O. Simms; Andrew L. Sonner.

Staff: Elizabeth B. Veronis, Esq.

c/o Court Information Office, Court of Appeals
Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-1488; fax: (410) 974-5291
e-mail: elizabeth.veronis@courts.state.md.us

On June 19, 2000, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals formed the Pretrial Release Project Advisory Committee.

The Committee studied pretrial release procedures in Maryland. Improvements recommended by the Committee included the establishment of a statewide pretrial agency; guaranteed legal representation for the accused at initial appearances; alternatives to prolonged pretrial detention; and additional training and education of judicial personnel.

On October 11, 2001, the Committee issued its report.

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