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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="5-215" title_number="5" title_name="Release" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Pretrial Release">
  <text>A defendant who is denied pretrial release by a District Court commissioner or who for any reason remains in custody after a District Court commissioner has determined conditions of release under Maryland Rule 4–216 shall be presented to a District Court judge immediately if the Court is in session, or if the Court is not in session, at the next session of the Court. </text>
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