Section 11-505 - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Notice and comment. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-505. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Notice and comment.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section applies to a victim or victim's representative who: 

(1) has made a written request to the Department for notification; or 

(2) has filed a notification request form under § 11-104 of this title. 

(b)  Parole release hearing.-  

(1) If a parole release hearing is scheduled for an inmate who has been convicted of and sentenced for a crime, the victim or victim's representative has the rights provided under § 7-801 of the Correctional Services Article. 

(2) At a parole release hearing, a victim or victim's representative has the rights provided under § 7-304 of the Correctional Services Article. 

(c)  Violation of parole.-  

(1) Whenever a person who was convicted of a violent crime as defined in § 7-101 of the Correctional Services Article is found guilty of violating a condition of parole, the Department shall notify the victim or victim's representative as provided under § 7-804 of the Correctional Services Article. 

(2) Whenever a warrant or subpoena is issued for a person who was convicted of a violent crime as defined in § 7-101 of the Correctional Services Article for an alleged violation of a condition of parole, the Department shall notify the victim or victim's representative as provided under § 7-804 of the Correctional Services Article. 

(d)  Commutation, pardon, or remission of sentence.-  

(1) Whenever a person who is sentenced is considered for a commutation, pardon, or remission of sentence, the Department shall notify the victim or victim's representative as provided under § 7-805(b) and (f) of the Correctional Services Article. 

(2) If the person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection was convicted of a violent crime as defined in § 7-101 of the Correctional Services Article, a victim or victim's representative has the additional rights regarding submission and consideration of a victim impact statement provided under § 7-805(c) and (d) of the Correctional Services Article. 

(e)  Violation of mandatory supervision.-  

(1) Whenever a person convicted of a crime of violence is found guilty of violating a condition of mandatory supervision, the Department shall notify the victim or victim's representative as provided under § 7-505(b) of the Correctional Services Article. 

(2) Whenever a warrant or subpoena is issued for a person convicted of a violent crime as defined in § 7-101 of the Correctional Services Article for an alleged violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, the Department shall notify the victim or victim's representative as provided under § 7-804 of the Correctional Services Article. 

(f)  Notification to victim of predetermined parole release agreement.- Before entering into a predetermined parole release agreement with an inmate, the Maryland Parole Commission shall notify the victim or victim's representative as provided under § 7-803 of the Correctional Services Article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 786; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]