<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="14-101" title_number="14" title_name="General Sentencing Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Sentencing"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “crime of violence” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>abduction;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>arson in the first degree;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>kidnapping;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>manslaughter, except involuntary manslaughter;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>mayhem;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>maiming, as previously proscribed under former Article 27, §§ 385 and 386 of the Code;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>murder;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>rape;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>robbery under § 3–402 or § 3–403 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>carjacking;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>armed carjacking;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>sexual offense in the first degree;</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>sexual offense in the second degree;</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>use of a firearm in the commission of a felony except possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance under § 5–602(2) of this article, or other crime of violence;</text> </level> <level label="15"> <text>child abuse in the first degree under § 3–601 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="16"> <text>sexual abuse of a minor under § 3–602 of this article if:</text> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>the victim is under the age of 13 years and the offender is an adult at the time of the offense; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the offender is at least 21 years old and the victim is under the age of 16 years; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the offense involved:</text> <level label="1"> <text>vaginal intercourse, as defined in § 3–301 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a sexual act, as defined in § 3–301 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>an act in which a part of the offender’s body penetrates, however slightly, into the victim’s genital opening or anus; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the intentional touching of the victim’s or the offender’s genital, anal, or other intimate area for sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse;</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="17"> <text>home invasion under § 6–202(b) of this article;</text> </level> <level label="18"> <text>a felony offense under Title 3, Subtitle 11 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="19"> <text>an attempt to commit any of the crimes described in items (1) through (18) of this subsection;</text> </level> <level label="20"> <text>continuing course of conduct with a child under § 3–315 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="21"> <text>assault in the first degree;</text> </level> <level label="22"> <text>assault with intent to murder;</text> </level> <level label="23"> <text>assault with intent to rape;</text> </level> <level label="24"> <text>assault with intent to rob;</text> </level> <level label="25"> <text>assault with intent to commit a sexual offense in the first degree; and</text> </level> <level label="26"> <text>assault with intent to commit a sexual offense in the second degree.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, on conviction for a fourth time of a crime of violence, a person who has served three separate terms of confinement in a correctional facility as a result of three separate convictions of any crime of violence shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Notwithstanding any other law, the provisions of this subsection are mandatory.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, on conviction for a third time of a crime of violence, a person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the term allowed by law but not less than 25 years, if the person:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has been convicted of a crime of violence on two prior separate occasions:</text> <level label="1"> <text>in which the second or succeeding crime is committed after there has been a charging document filed for the preceding occasion; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for which the convictions do not arise from a single incident; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has served at least one term of confinement in a correctional facility as a result of a conviction of a crime of violence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The court may not suspend all or part of the mandatory 25–year sentence required under this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A person sentenced under this subsection is not eligible for parole except in accordance with the provisions of § 4–305 of the Correctional Services Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on conviction for a second time of a crime of violence committed on or after October 1, 1994, a person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the term allowed by law, but not less than 10 years, if the person:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has been convicted on a prior occasion of a crime of violence, including a conviction for a crime committed before October 1, 1994; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>served a term of confinement in a correctional facility for that conviction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The court may not suspend all or part of the mandatory 10–year sentence required under this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>On conviction for a second time of a crime of violence committed on or after October 1, 2018, a person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the term allowed by law, but not less than 10 years, if the person:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has been convicted on a prior occasion of a crime of violence, including a conviction for a crime committed before October 1, 2018; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>served a term of confinement in a correctional facility for that conviction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The court may not suspend all or part of the mandatory 10–year sentence required under this paragraph.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>A person sentenced under this paragraph is not eligible for parole except in accordance with the provisions of § 4–305 of the Correctional Services Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If the State intends to proceed against a person as a subsequent offender under this section, it shall comply with the procedures set forth in the Maryland Rules for the indictment and trial of a subsequent offender.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="14-102" title_number="14" title_name="General Sentencing Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Sentencing"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if a law sets a maximum and a minimum penalty for a crime, the court may impose instead of the minimum penalty a lesser penalty of the same character.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not affect:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a maximum penalty fixed by law; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the punishment for any crime for which the statute provides one and only one penalty.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="14-103" title_number="14" title_name="General Sentencing Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Sentencing"> <text>Any claim to dispensation from punishment by benefit of clergy is abolished.</text> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="14-104" title_number="14" title_name="General Sentencing Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Sentencing"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not commit a crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of this title, against another person when the person knows or believes that the other person is pregnant.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for the underlying crime of violence, on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A sentence imposed under this section may be imposed separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text> </level> </section>