File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 753/99 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)
- Entitled:
-
Criminal Procedure - Charge by Citation
Expanding the list of crimes to include offenses having a maximum
penalty of imprisonment of 1 year or a fine of $1,000 for which a
police officer may charge a defendant by citation; allowing a police
officer who makes a warrantless arrest of an individual to issue a
citation to the individual; requiring a judge to order a defendant to
be fingerprinted if the defendant is found guilty of or pleads guilty
or nolo contendere to an offense charged by citation; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/14
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Baltimore City Administration
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ARRESTS
- CITATIONS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- FINGERPRINTING
- JUDGES
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
594B-2 ,
747A ,
747A
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Not available at this time
- Amendments:
None offered
