Section 9-204 - Discharge from execution for failure to attend.
§ 9-204. Discharge from execution for failure to attend.
(a) In general.- The court which issued an execution on a forfeited recognizance for a witness who failed to appear may discharge the witness from execution upon motion showing good and sufficient cause for the failure.
(b) Exception.- This section does not apply in a case if capital punishment may be involved.
[An. Code 1957, art. 35, § 17; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1.]