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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0169* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 169 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E3, E2 4lr0493 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 76/23 – JUD (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Acevero |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: August 14, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Custodial Interrogation of Minors – Admissibility of Statements 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor under certain circumstances; and 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | generally relating to the admissibility of statements made by children during 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | custodial interrogation. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 10–925 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10–925. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “CUSTODIAL INTERROGAT ION” RETAINS ITS 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | JUDICIALLY DETERMINE D MEANING. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) (1) THERE IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A S TATEMENT 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | MADE BY A MINOR DURI NG A CUSTODIAL INTER ROGATION IS INVOLUNT ARY AND IS 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | INADMISSIBLE IN A JU VENILE OR CRIMINAL P ROCEEDING AGAINST TH E MINOR IF 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER INTENTIONALL Y USED INFORMATION K NOWN BY 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | THE OFFICER TO BE FA LSE IN ORDER TO ELIC IT THE STATEMENT . 23 2 HOUSE BILL 169 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) THE PRESUMPTION DESCR IBED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SUBSECTION MAY BE RE BUTTED BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | STATEMENT WAS VOLUNT ARY AND NOT MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE FALS E 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | INFORMATION USED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO ELICIT TH E 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | STATEMENT. 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | October 1, 2024. 7 |
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