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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-503" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Postsentencing Procedures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “subsequent proceeding” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a sentence review under § 8–102 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a hearing on a request to have a sentence modified or vacated under the Maryland Rules;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, a review of a commitment order or other disposition under the Maryland Rules;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an appeal to the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a hearing on an adjustment of special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision under § 11–723 of this title or a hearing on a violation of special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision or a petition for discharge from special conditions of lifetime sexual offender supervision under § 11–724 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>any other postsentencing court proceeding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Following conviction or adjudication and sentencing or disposition of a defendant or child respondent, the State’s Attorney shall notify the victim or victim’s representative of a subsequent proceeding in accordance with § 11–104(f) of this title if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>before the State’s Attorney distributes notification request forms under § 11–104(d) of this title, the victim or victim’s representative submitted to the State’s Attorney a written request to be notified of subsequent proceedings; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after the State’s Attorney distributes notification request forms under § 11–104(d) of this title, the victim or victim’s representative submits a notification request form in accordance with § 11–104(e) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney’s office shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the victim or victim’s representative of all appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland and the Supreme Court of Maryland; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>send an information copy of the notification to the Office of the Attorney General.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the initial notification to the victim or victim’s representative or receipt of a notification request form, as defined in § 11–104 of this title, the Office of the Attorney General shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the victim or victim’s representative of each subsequent date pertinent to the appeal, including dates of hearings, postponements, and decisions of the appellate courts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>send an information copy of the notification to the State’s Attorney’s office.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A notice sent under this section shall include the date, the time, the location, and a brief description of the subsequent proceeding.</text>
  </level>
</section>
