2010 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 7 - UNIFORM POSTCONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT
Subtitle 1 - In General
Section 7-103 - Number and time of filing of petitions.
§ 7-103. Number and time of filing of petitions.
(a) Only one petition allowed.- For each trial or sentence, a person may file only one petition for relief under this title.
(b) 10-year filing period.-
(1) Unless extraordinary cause is shown, in a case in which a sentence of death has not been imposed, a petition under this subtitle may not be filed more than 10 years after the sentence was imposed.
(2) In a case in which a sentence of death has been imposed, Subtitle 2 of this title governs the time of filing a petition.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 645A(a)(2)(i), (ii); 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]
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