Section 8-502 - Request by inmate for final disposition. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-502. Request by inmate for final disposition.
 

(a)  Application of section.- This section applies whenever the Division of Correction, the Patuxent Institution, or any local correctional facility receives notice of an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint against an inmate who: 

(1) in the case of the Division of Correction, is serving a sentence in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction; 

(2) in the case of the Patuxent Institution, is confined at the Patuxent Institution; or 

(3) in the case of a local correctional facility, is serving a sentence in the local correctional facility. 

(b)  Requirement for trial within specified time.- An inmate shall be brought to trial within 120 days after the inmate has delivered a written request for a final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint to: 

(1) the State's Attorney of the county in which the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is pending; and 

(2) the appropriate court. 

(c)  Statement of authorities having custody of inmate.- The request for final disposition required under subsection (b) of this section shall be accompanied by a statement from the managing official having immediate supervision over the inmate setting forth: 

(1) the inmate's term of confinement; 

(2) the time already served; 

(3) the time remaining to be served; 

(4) the amount of diminution credits awarded for good conduct; 

(5) the date of parole eligibility for the inmate; and 

(6) the most recent decision of the Maryland Parole Commission or the Board of Review of the Patuxent Institution relating to the inmate. 

(d)  Authority of court to grant a continuance.- For good cause shown in open court, with the inmate or the inmate's counsel present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 616S(b); 1999, ch. 54, § 2; ch. 64.]