Griffin v. Lindsey

GREENE, J.,

which McDONALD, J., joins.

I respectfully dissent.

Against the General Assembly’s goal in enacting § 11-103 of the Criminal Procedure Article (“CP”) — which serves to protect the rights victims of crimes are afforded by law — the majority in essence holds that a victim1 may not seek appellate review of a trial court’s final order denying the victim’s right to restitution where that final order is the court’s *293response to a timely filed motion to reconsider its previous denial of a request for restitution. Here the timing of the motion for reconsideration afforded the trial judge the…