Section 11-503 - Notice of subsequent proceedings. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-503. Notice of subsequent proceedings.
 

(a)  "Subsequent proceeding" defined.- In this section, "subsequent proceeding" includes: 

(1) a sentence review under § 8-102 of this article; 

(2) a hearing on a request to have a sentence modified or vacated under the Maryland Rules; 

(3) in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, a review of a commitment order or other disposition under the Maryland Rules; 

(4) an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals; 

(5) an appeal to the Court of Appeals; 

(6) a hearing on an adjustment of special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision under § 11-723 of this title or a hearing on a violation of special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision or a petition for discharge from special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision under § 11-724 of this title; and 

(7) any other postsentencing court proceeding. 

(b)  Request required from victim or victim's representative.- Following conviction or adjudication and sentencing or disposition of a defendant or child respondent, the State's Attorney shall notify the victim or victim's representative of a subsequent proceeding in accordance with § 11-104(e) of this title if: 

(1) before the State's Attorney distributes notification request forms under § 11-104(c) of this title, the victim or victim's representative submitted to the State's Attorney a written request to be notified of subsequent proceedings; or 

(2) after the State's Attorney distributes notification request forms under § 11-104(c) of this title, the victim or victim's representative submits a notification request form in accordance with § 11-104(d) of this title. 

(c)  Duties of State's Attorney.-  

(1) The State's Attorney's office shall: 

(i) notify the victim or victim's representative of all appeals to the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals; and 

(ii) send an information copy of the notification to the office of the Attorney General. 

(2) After the initial notification to the victim or victim's representative or receipt of a notification request form, as defined in § 11-104 of this title, the office of the Attorney General shall: 

(i) notify the victim or victim's representative of each subsequent date pertinent to the appeal, including dates of hearings, postponements, and decisions of the appellate courts; and 

(ii) send an information copy of the notification to the State's Attorney's office. 

(d)  Content of notice.- A notice sent under this section shall include the date, the time, the location, and a brief description of the subsequent proceeding. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 784; 2001, ch. 10, § 2; 2010, chs. 176, 177.]