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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 4 - CRIMINAL CAUSES
CHAPTER 300 - TRIAL AND SENTENCING
AMEND Rule 4-342 by adding a new section (l) providing for
recordation of restitution, as follows:
Rule 4-342. SENTENCING -- PROCEDURE IN NON-CAPITAL CASES
(a) Applicability
Rule 4-343.
This Rule applies to all cases except those governed by
(b) Statutory Sentencing Procedure
When a defendant has been found guilty of murder in the
first degree and the State has given timely notice of intention
to seek a sentence of imprisonment for life without the
possibility of parole, but has not given notice of intention to
seek the death penalty, the court shall conduct a sentencing
proceeding, separate from the proceeding at which the defendant's
guilt was adjudicated, as soon as practicable after the trial to
determine whether to impose a sentence of imprisonment for life
or imprisonment for life without parole.
Cross reference: Code, Criminal Law Article, §§2-101, 2-201, 2-
202 (b)(3), 2-303, and 2-304.
(c) Judge
If the defendant's guilt is established after a trial has
commenced, the judge who presided shall sentence the defendant.
If a defendant enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere before
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