Section 14-102 – Sentencing for Crimes With Minimum and Maximum Penalties
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if a law sets a maximum and a minimum penalty for a crime, the court may impose instead of the minimum penalty a lesser penalty of the same character. (b) This section does not affect: (1) a maximum penalty fixed by law; or (2) the punishment for any crime for which […]
Section 14-103 – Benefit of Clergy Abolished
Any claim to dispensation from punishment by benefit of clergy is abolished.
Section 14-104 – Crime of Violence Against Pregnant Person
(a) A person may not commit a crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of this title, against another person when the person knows or believes that the other person is pregnant. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for the underlying crime […]
Section 14-101 – Mandatory Sentences for Crimes of Violence
(a) In this section, “crime of violence” means: (1) abduction; (2) arson in the first degree; (3) kidnapping; (4) manslaughter, except involuntary manslaughter; (5) mayhem; (6) maiming, as previously proscribed under former Article 27, §§ 385 and 386 of the Code; (7) murder; (8) rape; (9) robbery under § 3–402 or § 3–403 of this article; (10) carjacking; (11) armed carjacking; (12) sexual offense in the first degree; […]