<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="6-112" title_number="6" title_name="Parole and Probation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Division of Parole and Probation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On request of a court, a parole and probation agent of the Division shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide the court with a presentence investigation report;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>conduct other investigations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>perform other probationary services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except on court order, a presentence investigation report is confidential and is not available for public inspection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On request, a presentence investigation report shall be made available to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the defendant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the defendant’s attorney;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the State’s Attorney;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a correctional facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a parole, probation, or pretrial release official of this State, any other state, or the United States;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a public or private mental health facility located in this State or any other state if the individual who is the subject of the report has been committed, or is being evaluated for commitment, to the facility for treatment as a condition of probation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a community substance abuse treatment provider located in this State or any other state if the individual who is the subject of the report will be treated or evaluated for treatment by the provider as a condition of probation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a circuit court is satisfied that a presentence investigation report would help the sentencing process, the court may order the Division to complete a report before:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>sentencing a defendant who is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor that resulted in serious physical injury or death to the victim to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>referring a defendant to the Patuxent Institution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The party that requests the report has the burden of establishing that the investigation should be ordered.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If required under § 11–402 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the report shall include a victim impact statement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the defendant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that is related to the defendant’s membership in a criminal organization, as defined in § 9–801 of the Criminal Law Article, the report may include information regarding the group affiliation of the defendant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Division shall complete a presentence investigation report in each case in which imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole is requested under § 2–203 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include a victim impact statement as provided under § 11–402 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court or jury before which the separate sentencing proceeding is conducted under § 2–304 of the Criminal Law Article shall consider the report.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
