Md. Code, Crim. Proc. § 6-209

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 6-209 - [Effective until 10/1/2025] Annual report
(a) The Commission shall review annually sentencing policy and practice and, on or before January 31 of each year, report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, on the activities of the preceding calendar year.
(b)
(1) The report shall:
(i) include any changes to the sentencing guidelines made during the preceding year;
(ii) review judicial compliance with the sentencing guidelines, including compliance by crime and by judicial circuit;
(iii) subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection:
1. for sentences involving a crime of violence, include information disaggregated by circuit on:
A. the number and percentage of sentencing events in each disposition category, as indicated on the sentencing guidelines worksheet;
B. the number and percentage of sentencing events that resulted in a departure from the sentencing guidelines; and
C. for sentencing events that resulted in a departure from the sentencing guidelines, the departure reasons cited and the number and percentage of events in which each reason was cited; and
2. for sentencing events involving a crime of violence, report disaggregated by circuit and crime on:
A. the average total sentence;
B. the average nonsuspended sentence; and
C. for sentences in which a portion of the sentence was suspended, the average percentage of the total sentence suspended;
(iv) review reductions or increases in original sentences that have occurred because of reconsiderations of sentences imposed under § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article; and
(v) categorize information on the number of reconsiderations of sentences by crimes as listed in § 14-101(a) of the Criminal Law Article and by judicial circuit.
(2) The Commission shall consider a sentence to a corrections options program to be within the sentencing guidelines if the sentence falls within a corrections options zone shown on the matrix.
(3) The Commission shall conspicuously post the information required to be included in the report under paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection in a data dashboard on its public website.

Md. Code, CP § 6-209

Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 141, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2022, exp. 10/1/2025.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.