File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled:
-
Prince George's County - Pretrial Release for Defendants Charged with
Crimes of Violence
PG 314-97
Prohibiting in Prince George's County a District Court Commissioner
from releasing pretrial a defendant who has been charged with a crime
of violence who has previously been convicted of a crime of violence;
allowing a judge to release pretrial a defendant under conditions that
assure the defendant will not flee or pose a danger; prohibiting a
judge from releasing a defendant pretrial if no conditions will assure
that the defendant will not flee or pose a danger; and establishing a
rebuttable presumption that a defendant will flee or pose a danger.
House Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/5
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/24
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JUDGES
- MANDATES
- PRETRIAL DETENTION OR RELEASE
- PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
616 1/2
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
