1. (a) 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.

2. (b) A person is not entitled:

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

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

      1. (i) the sentence originally was wholly or partly suspended;
      2. (ii) the sentence was reviewed; and
      3. (iii) the suspended sentence or suspended part of that sentence later was required to be served.

3. (c) 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. (1) a sentence imposed by a circuit court;
   2. (2) a requirement by a circuit court that all or part of a suspended sentence be served; and
   3. (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.

Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 19, § 1, eff. April 9, 2002; Acts 2005, c. 387, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2007, c. 647, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.

Formerly Art. 27, §§ 645JA, 645JB.