Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 9-301 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Official proceeding" includes a criminal trial, a hearing related to a criminal trial or adjudicatory hearing, a grand jury proceeding, and any other proceeding that is part of a criminal action or juvenile delinquency case.(c) "Victim" means a person against whom a crime or delinquent act has been committed or attempted.(d) "Witness" means a person who:(1) has knowledge of the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act;(2) makes a declaration under oath that is received as evidence for any purpose;(3) has reported a crime or delinquent act to a law enforcement officer, prosecutor, intake officer, correctional officer, or judicial officer; or(4) has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of a court of this State, any other state, or the United States.Amended by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 235,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2014.