# Criminal Procedure (GCP)

## Title 8. Other Postconviction Review

### Subtitle 1. In General

#### Section 8-107

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a majority of the members of the review panel is necessary to make a decision.

(b) The review panel shall make the decision within 30 days after the filing date of the application for review.

(c) A review panel may not order a decrease in a mandatory minimum sentence unless the decision of the review panel is unanimous.

(d) A review panel shall consider time served on the sentence under review to be time served on any sentence that is substituted.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)