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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 4 - CRIMINAL CAUSES
CHAPTER 200 - PRETRIAL PROCEDURES
AMEND Rule 4-216 to delete current section (a); to change
the tagline of new section (a); to add new language to section
(a) pertaining to a judicial officer determining probable cause
for a warrantless arrest; to require the release of a defendant
on personal recognizance with no other conditions of release if
there was no probable cause for a warrantless arrest; to add
certain statutory references to section (b); to add language in
section (b) clarifying that a judicial officer who releases a
defendant in accordance with that section on personal
recognizance or on bail may impose conditions in either case; to
eliminate a certain cross reference; to conform certain language
in sections (c), (d), and (e) to language in section (b); to
require the judicial officer under certain circumstances to take
into account certain information to the extent available; to
require the judicial officer to state in writing or on the record
the amount and terms of any bail; to expand on the bail bond
provisions of subsection (e)(4); to conform statutory references
to recent legislation; to add clarifying language to section (h)
concerning the power of a judge to alter conditions set by
another judge or by a commissioner; to add cross references to
Rules 1-361 and 4-347 following section (j); and to make certain
stylistic changes, as follows:
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