Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 2-514
Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 2-514
- assault: means assault in any degree unless a specific degree of assault is specified. See
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(1) the crimes for which crime scene DNA evidence is routinely collected;
(2) the approximate number of crime scene DNA evidence samples collected during the preceding year for each category of crime;
(3) the average time between crime scene DNA evidence collection and analysis;
(4) the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples collected and not analyzed at the time of the study;
(5) the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples submitted to the statewide DNA database during the preceding year; and
(6) the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples, including sexual assault evidence, collected by hospitals in the county during the preceding year.
(b) The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services shall compile the information reported by the local law enforcement units and the Department under subsection (a) of this section and submit an annual summary report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.