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REPORTER’S NOTE
Russell Butler, Esq. pointed out that Code, Criminal
Procedure Article, §11-102 provides that a victim or victim’s
representative who has filed a notification request form has the
right to attend any proceeding in which the right to appear has
been granted to a defendant and Code, Courts Article, §3-8A-13
provides that victims may attend proceedings in which a child is
alleged to be in need of supervision or to have committed a
delinquent act that would be a misdemeanor or felony (for good
cause shown) if committed by an adult or in a peace order
proceeding. To conform to these statutes, the Rules Committee
recommends modifying subsection (b)(5) of Rule 5-615 and adding
references to these statutes to the cross reference after
subsection (b)(5) of the same Rule.
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