§ 8-107. Rules for decision making  


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  •    (a) Majority vote needed. -- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a majority of the members of the review panel is necessary to make a decision.

    (b) Decision to be made within 30 days. -- The review panel shall make the decision within 30 days after the filing date of the application for review.

    (c) Unanimity required to decrease mandatory sentence. -- A review panel may not order a decrease in a mandatory minimum sentence unless the decision of the review panel is unanimous.

    (d) Time served to be considered in substituted sentence. -- A review panel shall consider time served on the sentence under review to be time served on any sentence that is substituted.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 645JC(b)(2)(ii), (e), (g); 2001, ch. 10, § 2.