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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 16 - COURTS, JUDGES, AND ATTORNEYS
CHAPTER 100 - COURT ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE,
JUDICIAL DUTIES, ETC.
AMEND Rule 16-109 to restate subsection b 1, to add a
Committee note following subsection b 1, to add language to
subsection b 3 concerning camera-equipped cellular phones and
other similar devices, to add jury rooms to the list of locations
to which subsection b 3 is applicable, to add a new subsection b
7 (iii) pertaining to the testimony of child victims, to add a
cross reference following subsection c 1, to add a new section d
pertaining to certain actions by the presiding judge and the
local administrative judge, to revise section f concerning
restrictions on extended coverage, to reorganize and renumber the
provisions in section g, and to add a Committee note following
section g, as follows:
Rule 16-109. PHOTOGRAPHING, RECORDING, BROADCASTING OR
TELEVISING IN COURTHOUSES
a. Definitions.
1. "Extended coverage" means any recording or broadcasting of
proceedings by the use of television, radio, photographic, or
recording equipment by:
(i) the news media, or
(ii) by persons engaged in the preparation of educational
films or recordings with the written approval of the presiding
judge.
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