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Maryland Code, Criminal Procedure § 11-301

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) On motion of the State or on request of a victim or witness, during a criminal trial or a juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing, a court may prohibit the release of the address or telephone number of the victim or witness unless the court determines that good cause is shown for the release of the information.

(b)(1)(i) In this subsection the following words have the meanings indicated.

(ii) “Identifying information” means the name of, and any other information that could reasonably be expected to identify, a minor victim.

(iii) “Minor victim” means a victim of a crime or delinquent act who was a minor at the time that the crime or delinquent act occurred.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, on notice that an electronic or paper filing includes identifying information of a minor victim, unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that there is good cause to order otherwise, the court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or allow inspection of an electronic or paper court filing, including a charging document, to a nonparty to the criminal or juvenile delinquency case unless the court or the party disclosing or allowing inspection of the filing redacts all identifying information that appears in the filing.

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