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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-402" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Sentencing Procedures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A presentence investigation that the Division of Parole and Probation completes under § 6-112 of the Correctional Services Article or a predisposition investigation that the Department of Juvenile Services completes shall include a victim impact statement if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the defendant or child respondent caused physical, psychological, or economic injury to the victim in committing a felony or delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the defendant caused serious physical injury or death to the victim in committing a misdemeanor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the court does not order a presentence investigation or predisposition investigation, the prosecuting attorney or the victim may prepare a victim impact statement to be submitted to the court and the defendant or child respondent in accordance with the Maryland Rules.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The prosecuting attorney shall notify a victim who has filed a notification request form under § 11-104 of this title of the victim’s right to submit a victim impact statement to the court in a transfer hearing under § 4-202 of this article or a waiver hearing under § 3-8A-06 of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not preclude a victim who has not filed a notification request form under § 11-104 of this title from submitting a victim impact statement to the court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court may consider a victim impact statement in determining whether to transfer jurisdiction under § 4-202 of this article or waive jurisdiction under § 3-8A-06 of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court shall consider the victim impact statement in determining the appropriate sentence or disposition and in entering a judgment of restitution for the victim under § 11-603 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A victim impact statement for a crime or delinquent act shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>identify the victim;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>itemize any economic loss suffered by the victim;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>identify any physical injury suffered by the victim and describe the seriousness and any permanent effects of the injury;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>describe any change in the victim’s personal welfare or familial relationships;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>identify any request for psychological services initiated by the victim or the victim’s family;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>identify any request by the victim to prohibit the defendant or child respondent from having contact with the victim as a condition of probation, parole, mandatory supervision, work release, or any other judicial or administrative release of the defendant or child respondent, including a request for electronic monitoring or electronic monitoring with victim stay–away alert technology; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>contain any other information related to the impact on the victim or the victim’s family that the court requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If the victim is deceased, under a mental, physical, or legal disability, or otherwise unable to provide the information required under this section, the information may be obtained from the victim’s representative.</text>
  </level>
</section>
