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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 15-102

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
Subject to Title 14 of this article, a State‘s Attorney shall, in the county served by the State’s Attorney, prosecute and defend on the part of the State all cases in which the State may be interested.
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