Units & Divisions
Learn about the different units of the Office of the State's Attorney and what they do.
Conviction & Sentencing Integrity Unit
The Prince George’s County Office of the State’s Attorney was the first in the state to create a Conviction and Sentencing Integrity Unit. The unit looks at cases where new evidence calls into question the validity of prior convictions, as well as cases where the sentence imposed appears to be excessive.
Conviction & Sentencing Integrity Unit
District Court Unit
The District Court prosecutes virtually all misdemeanor cases - approximately 30,000 criminal cases annually. These cases include drug offenses, burglaries, incarcerable traffic offenses, thefts, trespass, and assaults.
Firearms Enforcement and Narcotics Intelligence
The Firearms Enforcement and Narcotics Intelligence Unit serves as a specialty unit focused on gun prosecutions and aggressive prosecution of opioid and other felony drug cases.
Firearms Enforcement & Narcotics Intelligence
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is responsible for investigating, charging, and presenting all homicides that occur in the county at trial.
Investigative Unit
The Investigative Unit conducts interviews of witnesses and defendants. Investigators have full police powers and able to make arrest.
Major Crimes Unit
The Major Crimes Unit (MCU) is responsible for prosecuting violent felonies including non-domestic attempted murders, serious assaults, carjackings, robberies, burglaries, and motor vehicle cases.
Post Trial Procedure Unit
The Post Sentencing Unit is responsible for representing the State in and responding to post-conviction petitions and motions to re-open post-conviction proceedings, as well as appearing at all hearings for the same.
Special Victims and Family Violence Unit
The Special Victims and Family Violence Unit (SVU) is responsible for the prosecution of all physical and sexual child abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, child exploitation, child pornography, human trafficking, and vulnerable adult abuse cases that occur in the County.
Special Victim and Family Violence Unit
Special Prosecutions Unit
The Special Prosecutions Unit is responsible for prosecuting theft, mortgage fraud, undue influence, and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, credit card misuse, and identity theft cases.
Strategic Investigations Unit
The Strategic Investigations Unit (SIU) is tasked with prosecuting three categories of offenders: (1) repeat violent offenders who have three or more prior convictions for violent felonies, (2) individuals or groups of individuals who commit “string” offenses consisting of three or more violent felonies, and (3) individuals or groups of individuals who commit felonies at the direction of, in furtherance of, or for the benefit of a criminal gang.
Victim/Witness Coordinator Unit
The Victim/Witness Coordinator Unit provides victims, witnesses, and their families with information, support, and advocacy services while involved in the criminal justice system.
Youth Justice Unit
The Youth Justice Unit is responsible for the resolution of delinquent charges filed against youth below the age of eighteen (18) years of age.