Section 9-204 - Discharge from execution for failure to attend. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-204. Discharge from execution for failure to attend.
 

(a)  In general.- The court which issued an execution on a forfeited recognizance for a witness who failed to appear may discharge the witness from execution upon motion showing good and sufficient cause for the failure. 

(b)  Exception.- This section does not apply in a case if capital punishment may be involved. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 35, § 17; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1.]