# Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-209: –209

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-209

## Section

- **Citation:** Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-209
- **Heading:** –209
- **Jurisdiction:** Maryland
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MD Code / Article gcp / Title 6 / Subtitle 2 / Section 6-209

## Text

(a) The Commission shall review annually sentencing policy and practice and, on or before January 31 of each year, report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the activities of the preceding calendar year.

(b) (1) The report shall:

(i) include any changes to the sentencing guidelines made during the preceding year;

(ii) review judicial compliance with the sentencing guidelines, including compliance by crime and by judicial circuit;

(iii) review reductions or increases in original sentences that have occurred because of reconsiderations of sentences imposed under § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; and

(iv) categorize information on the number of reconsiderations of sentences by crimes as listed in § 14–101(a) of the Criminal Law Article and by judicial circuit.

(2) The Commission shall consider a sentence to a corrections options program to be within the sentencing guidelines if the sentence falls within a corrections options zone shown on the matrix.

## Nearby sections

- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-201 §6–201.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-201.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-202 §6–202.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-202.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-203 §6–203.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-203.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-204 §6–204.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-204.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-205 §6–205.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-205.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-206 §6–206.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-206.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-207 §6–207.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-207.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-208 §6–208.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-208.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-209 §6–209.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-209.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-210 §6–210.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-210.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-211 §6–211.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-211.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-212 §6–212.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-212.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-213 §6–213.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-213.md)
- [Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 6-214 §6–214.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_Agcp_T6_S2_S6-214.md)

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