Maryland Correctional Services Section 8-502

Article - Correctional Services

§ 8-502.

      (a)      This section applies whenever the Division of Correction, the Patuxent Institution, or any local correctional facility receives notice of an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint against an inmate who:

            (1)      in the case of the Division of Correction, is serving a sentence in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction;

            (2)      in the case of the Patuxent Institution, is confined at the Patuxent Institution; or

            (3)      in the case of a local correctional facility, is serving a sentence in the local correctional facility.

      (b)      An inmate shall be brought to trial within 120 days after the inmate has delivered a written request for a final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint to:

            (1)      the State's Attorney of the county in which the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is pending; and

            (2)      the appropriate court.

      (c)      The request for final disposition required under subsection (b) of this section shall be accompanied by a statement from the managing official having immediate supervision over the inmate setting forth:

            (1)      the inmate's term of confinement;

            (2)      the time already served;

            (3)      the time remaining to be served;

            (4)      the amount of diminution credits awarded for good conduct;

            (5)      the date of parole eligibility for the inmate; and

            (6)      the most recent decision of the Maryland Parole Commission or the Board of Review of the Patuxent Institution relating to the inmate.

      (d)      For good cause shown in open court, with the inmate or the inmate's counsel present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance.



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