Spielman v. State

COUCH, Judge.

In Montgomery v. State, 292 Md. 155, 438 A.2d 490 (1981), we held that under Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl.Vol., 1980 Cum.Supp.), Article 27, § 640, a defendant convicted of a crime could not be ordered to make restitution to a third party payor, such as private insurance companies. In appar ent response to that ruling the Legislature, by Chapter 477, Laws of 1982, effective July 1, 1982, specifically provided that such an order could be made to provide for payment to third party payors, if they have made payment to the victim to compensate for the loss. 1

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