2013 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 11-801 - Definitions

§11-801.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Board” means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

(c) “Claimant” means the person filing a claim under this subtitle.

(d) (1) “Crime” means:

(i) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a criminal offense under state, federal, or common law that is committed in:

1. this State; or

2. another state against a resident of this State; or

(ii) an act of international terrorism as defined in Title 18, § 2331 of the United States Code that is committed outside of the United States against a resident of this State.

(2) “Crime” does not include an act involving the operation of a vessel or motor vehicle unless the act is:

(i) a violation of § 20-102, § 20-104, § 21-902, or § 21-904 of the Transportation Article; or

(ii) operating a motor vehicle or vessel that results in an intentional injury.

(e) “Dependent” means:

(1) a surviving spouse or child of a person; or

(2) a person who is dependent on another person for principal support.

(f) “Victim” means a person:

(1) who suffers physical injury or death as a result of a crime or delinquent act;

(2) who suffers psychological injury as a direct result of:

(i) a fourth degree sexual offense or a delinquent act that would be a fourth degree sexual offense if committed by an adult;

(ii) a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or

(iii) physical injury or death directly resulting from a crime or delinquent act; or

(3) who suffers physical injury or death as a direct result of:

(i) trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the person’s presence;

(ii) trying to apprehend an offender who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the person’s presence or had committed a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or

(iii) helping a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s duties or helping a member of a fire department who is being obstructed from performing the member’s duties.