What does commitment record issued mean?

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1. Licensed in MD

   

   Abraham Carpio-Gonzalez

   Hyattsville Criminal Defense Attorney

   Contributor Level 14

   Answered July 26, 2011 12:32. I would need to read your paperwork and inspect the file to properly give you an opinion as to what that means. Did you have a trial? Was a there a guilty plea? Was there a conviction? A commitment record only issues, typically, after a conviction.

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   Larry Feldman

   Baltimore Criminal Defense Attorney

   Contributor Level 13

   Answered July 26, 2011 18:47. It seems to me that it means there was a guilty plea in lieu of a jury trial and the defendant was committed to either the local detention center or the division of corrections.

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   Marc Snyder

   Baltimore Criminal Defense Attorney

   Contributor Level 13

   Answered July 29, 2011 17:57. Click the link below:
   
   http://www.courts.state.md.us/casesearchhtml/fa...
   
   This will take you to an official Maryland web site where most of the terms relevant to online Maryland Judiciary site. It goes over what each "code" means and how to read the records that are kept online.

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