Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 8-416
Terms Used In Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 8-416
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(b) (1) A court reporter shall provide, as requested, a transcript of testimony given before a grand jury for a county to the grand jury and State‘s Attorney for the county.
(2) Each transcript of testimony given before a grand jury for a county shall be kept in the custody of the State’s Attorney for the county.
(3) Unless the circuit court for a county orders otherwise after hearing the State’s Attorney for the county, neither the original nor a copy of the transcript of testimony given before a grand jury may be taken from the office of the State’s Attorney for the county, other than for use of the grand jury or for production in court.
(4) On written order of the circuit court for a county, granted on written motion of the State’s Attorney for the county, the State’s Attorney may have the notes as to, and transcript of, grand jury testimony destroyed.
(c) Except on written order of the circuit court for a county after hearing the State’s Attorney for the county:
(1) A record of testimony given before a grand jury is for the exclusive use and benefit of the grand jury and the State’s Attorney; and
(2) A court reporter may not:
(i) Allow any other governmental unit or person to read or have a copy of all or any part of the record; or
(ii) Disclose wholly or partly the character of the contents of the record to any other governmental unit or person.