# Criminal Procedure (GCP)

## Title 11. Victims and Witnesses

### Subtitle 1. General Provisions

#### Section 11-101

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

(b) "Child respondent" means a person who:

  (1) in a petition filed in juvenile court, is alleged to have committed a delinquent act; or

  (2) has committed a delinquent act.

(c) "Delinquent act" has the meaning stated in Sec. 3-8A-01 of the Courts Article.

(d) "MDEC system" means the system of electronic filing and case management established by the Supreme Court of Maryland.

(e) "Prosecuting attorney" means:

  (1) the State's Attorney;

  (2) the State's Attorney's designee;

  (3) when performing a prosecutorial function at the trial level, the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee; or

  (4) the State Prosecutor or the State Prosecutor's designee.

(f) "Victim stay-away alert technology" means a system of electronic monitoring that is capable of notifying a victim if the defendant is at or near a location from which the defendant has been ordered by the court to stay away.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)