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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-101" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Child respondent” means a person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in a petition filed in juvenile court, is alleged to have committed a delinquent act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has committed a delinquent act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Delinquent act” has the meaning stated in § 3–8A–01 of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“MDEC system” means the system of electronic filing and case management established by the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Prosecuting attorney” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State’s Attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the State’s Attorney’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>when performing a prosecutorial function at the trial level, the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the State Prosecutor or the State Prosecutor’s designee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
