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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-905" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Criminal and Civil Liability">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a person convicted of a subsequent crime under this title is subject to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a term of imprisonment twice that otherwise authorized;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>twice the fine otherwise authorized; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For purposes of this section, a crime is considered a subsequent crime, if, before the conviction for the crime, the offender has ever been convicted of a crime under this title or under any law of the United States or of this or another state relating to other controlled dangerous substances.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person convicted of a subsequent crime under a law superseded by this title is eligible for parole, probation, and suspension of sentence in the same manner as those persons convicted under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A sentence on a single count under this section may be imposed in conjunction with other sentences under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person whose prior and subsequent convictions were for a violation of § 5–601, § 5–602, § 5–603, § 5–604, § 5–605, or § 5–606 of this title is subject to this section only if the person was also previously convicted of a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
