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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="3-118" title_number="3" title_name="Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility in Criminal Cases" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 15 days after a judicial hearing ends or is waived, the court shall determine whether the evidence indicates that the committed person proved by a preponderance of the evidence eligibility for release, with or without conditions, in accordance with § 3–114 of this title, and enter an appropriate order containing a concise statement of the findings of the court, the reasons for those findings, and ordering:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>continued commitment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conditional release; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>discharge from commitment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If timely exceptions are not filed, and, on review of the report of recommendations from the Office, the court determines that the recommendations are supported by the evidence and a judicial hearing is not necessary, the court shall enter an order in accordance with the recommendations within 30 days after receiving the report from the Office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A court may not enter an order that is not in accordance with the recommendations from the Office unless the court holds a hearing or the hearing is waived.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless the conditional release is extended under § 3–122 of this title, the court may not continue the conditions of a conditional release for more than 5 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court shall notify the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository whenever it orders conditional release or discharge of a committed person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An appeal from a District Court order shall be on the record in the circuit court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An appeal from a circuit court order shall be by application for leave to appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
