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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 11-503

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this section, “subsequent proceeding” includes:

(1) a sentence review under § 8-102 of this article;

(2) a hearing on a request to have a sentence modified or vacated under the Maryland Rules;

(3) in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, a review of a commitment order or other disposition under the Maryland Rules;

(4) an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals;

(5) an appeal to the Court of Appeals;

(6) a hearing on an adjustment of special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision under § 11-723 of this title or a hearing on a violation of special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision or a petition for discharge from special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision under § 11-724 of this title; and

(7) any other postsentencing court proceeding.

(b) Following conviction or adjudication and sentencing or disposition of a defendant or child respondent, the State‘s Attorney shall notify the victim or victim’s representative of a subsequent proceeding in accordance with § 11-104(f) of this title if:

(1) before the State’s Attorney distributes notification request forms under § 11-104(d) of this title, the victim or victim’s representative submitted to the State’s Attorney a written request to be notified of subsequent proceedings; or

(2) after the State’s Attorney distributes notification request forms under § 11-104(d) of this title, the victim or victim’s representative submits a notification request form in accordance with § 11-104(e) of this title.

(c) (1) The State’s Attorney’s office shall:

(i) notify the victim or victim’s representative of all appeals to the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals; and

(ii) send an information copy of the notification to the Office of the Attorney General.

(2) After the initial notification to the victim or victim’s representative or receipt of a notification request form, as defined in § 11-104 of this title, the Office of the Attorney General shall:

(i) notify the victim or victim’s representative of each subsequent date pertinent to the appeal, including dates of hearings, postponements, and decisions of the appellate courts; and

(ii) send an information copy of the notification to the State’s Attorney’s office.

(d) A notice sent under this section shall include the date, the time, the location, and a brief description of the subsequent proceeding.