Section 7-103 - Number and time of filing of petitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-103. Number and time of filing of petitions.
 

(a)  Only one petition allowed.- For each trial or sentence, a person may file only one petition for relief under this title. 

(b)  10-year filing period.-  

(1) Unless extraordinary cause is shown, in a case in which a sentence of death has not been imposed, a petition under this subtitle may not be filed more than 10 years after the sentence was imposed. 

(2) In a case in which a sentence of death has been imposed, Subtitle 2 of this title governs the time of filing a petition. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 645A(a)(2)(i), (ii); 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]