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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-302" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Trial Procedures">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Representative” means a person who is designated by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the next of kin or guardian of a victim who is deceased or disabled; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the court in a dispute over who will be the representative.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Victim” means a person who is the victim of a crime or delinquent act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a criminal trial; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing that is held in open court or that a victim or representative may attend under § 3-8A-13 of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a representative has the right to be present at the trial of the defendant or juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing of the child respondent; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after initially testifying, a victim has the right to be present at the trial of the defendant or juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing of the child respondent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court may sequester a representative or, after a victim has initially testified, the victim from any part of the trial or juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing on request of the defendant, child respondent, or the State only after the court determines, with specific findings of fact on the record, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>there is reason to believe that the victim will be recalled or the representative will be called to testify at the trial or juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the presence of the victim or representative would influence the victim’s or representative’s future testimony in a manner that would materially affect a defendant’s right to a fair trial or a child respondent’s right to a fair hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The court may remove a victim or representative from the trial or juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing for the same causes and in the same manner as the law provides for the exclusion or removal of a defendant or a child respondent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>As provided in § 9-205 of the Courts Article, a person may not be deprived of employment solely because of job time lost because the person attended a proceeding that the person has a right to attend under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>This section does not limit a victim’s or representative’s right to attend a trial or juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing as provided in § 3-8A-13 of the Courts Article or § 11-102 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
