File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Hammen
- Entitled:
-
Bail Bonds - Examination for Sufficiency - Required Filing
Allowing a court, when setting the amount of collateral security
required for posting a bail bond, to consider the street value of any
controlled dangerous substance connected to or involved in the
criminal charge; requiring a court, when determining the reliability
of the defendant or surety, to consider the source of the money or
other property used as collateral and whether either was obtained
unlawfully; and requiring a defendant or surety depositing $10,000 or
more for such bond to file a copy of a specified return.
House Action
- 9/17
- Pre-filed
- 1/8
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/15
- Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/3
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BAIL
- BONDS -see also- COUNTY & BALTIMORE CITY BONDS; STATE BONDS.
- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- DRUGS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
616 1/2 ,
616 1/2
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
