Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3-101
Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3-101
- 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.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) “Committed person” means a person committed to the Health Department as not criminally responsible under the test for criminal responsibility.
(c) “Court” means a court that has criminal jurisdiction.
(d) “Health Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.
(e) “Hospital warrant” means a legal document issued by a court that:
(1) authorizes any law enforcement officer in the State to apprehend a person who is alleged to have violated an order for conditional release and transport the person to a facility designated by the Health Department; and
(2) requires that the issuance of the warrant is entered in the person’s criminal history record information of the criminal justice information system.
(f) “Incompetent to stand trial” means not able:
(1) to understand the nature or object of the proceeding; or
(2) to assist in one’s defense.
(g) (1) “Mental disorder” means a behavioral or emotional illness that results from a psychiatric or neurological disorder.
(2) “Mental disorder” includes a mental illness that so substantially impairs the mental or emotional functioning of a person as to make care or treatment necessary or advisable for the welfare of the person or for the safety of the person or property of another.
(3) “Mental disorder” does not include mental retardation.
(h) “Office” means the Office of Administrative Hearings.