2015 Maryland Code
COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Title 10 - EVIDENCE
Subtitle 4 - WIRETAPPING AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE
§ 10-409 - Reports to Administrative Office of the Courts and to General Assembly

(a) Report by judge. -- Within 30 days after the expiration of the total period of an order, including each extension entered under § 10-408 of this subtitle, or within 30 days after denial of an application for an order or extension, the judge who passed the order or denied the application shall report to the Administrative Office of the Courts:

(1) The fact that an order or extension was applied for;

(2) The kind of order or extension applied for;

(3) The fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied;

(4) The period of interceptions authorized by the order and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;

(5) The offense specified in the order or application or extension of an order;

(6) The identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application; and

(7) The nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were to be intercepted.

(b) Reports by Attorney General, State Prosecutor, and State's Attorneys. -- In January of each year, the Attorney General, the State Prosecutor, and the State's Attorneys shall report to the Administrative Office of the Courts:

(1) The information required by subsection (a) of this section with respect to each application for an order or extension made during the preceding calendar year;

(2) A general description of the interceptions made under the order or extension, including (i) the approximate nature and frequency of incriminating communications intercepted, (ii) the approximate nature and frequency of other communications intercepted, (iii) the approximate number of persons whose communications were intercepted, and (iv) the approximate nature, amount, and cost of the manpower and other resources used in the interceptions;

(3) The number of arrests resulting from interceptions made under the order or extension and the offenses for which arrests were made;

(4) The number of trials resulting from the interceptions;

(5) The number of motions to suppress made with respect to the interceptions and the number granted or denied;

(6) The number of convictions resulting from the interceptions and the offenses for which the convictions were obtained and a general assessment of the importance of the interceptions; and

(7) The information required by paragraphs (2) through (6) of this subsection with respect to orders or extensions obtained in a preceding calendar year.

(c) Reports by State Court Administrator to General Assembly. -- Subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, in February of each year, the State Court Administrator shall transmit to the General Assembly a full and complete report concerning the number of applications for orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire or oral communications and the number of orders and extensions granted or denied during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include a summary and analysis of the data required to be filed with the Administrative Office by subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The State Court Administrator is authorized to issue binding regulations dealing with the content and form of the reports required to be filed by subsections (a) and (b) of this section.