§ 8-102. Right to sentence review

   (a) Persons entitled to review. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person convicted of a crime by a circuit court and sentenced to serve a sentence that exceeds 2 years in a correctional facility is entitled to a single sentence review by a review panel.

(b) Exception. -- A person is not entitled:

   (1) to a sentence review if the sentence was imposed by more than one circuit court judge; or

   (2) to a review of an order requiring a suspended part of a sentence to be served if:

      (i) the sentence originally was wholly or partly suspended;

      (ii) the sentence was reviewed; and

      (iii) the suspended sentence or suspended part of that sentence later was required to be served.

(c) Sentence exceeding 2 years. -- For purposes of this subtitle, a sentence that exceeds 2 years is a sentence in which the total period of the sentence and any unserved time of a prior or simultaneous sentence exceeds 2 years, including:

   (1) a sentence imposed by a circuit court;

   (2) a requirement by a circuit court that all or part of a suspended sentence be served; and

   (3) a prior or simultaneous sentence, suspended or not suspended, that has been imposed by a court or other authority of the State or of another jurisdiction.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 645JA(a), 645JB; 2001, ch. 10, § 2; ch. 29, § 5; 2002, ch. 19, § 1; 2005, ch. 387; 2007, ch. 647.