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2015 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Title 7 - UNIFORM POSTCONVICTION PROCEDURE ACT
Subtitle 1 - IN GENERAL
§ 7-103 - Number and time of filing of petitions

MD Crim Pro Code § 7-103 (2015) What's This?

(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. -- Unless extraordinary cause is shown, a petition under this subtitle may not be filed more than 10 years after the sentence was imposed.

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