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(D) "CIRCUIT COURT" MEANS THE CIRCUIT

COURT FOR A COUNTY, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BALTIMORE
CITY, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, BALTIMORE CITY COURT,
CIRCUIT COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY, CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2
OF BALTIMORE CITY, AND CRIMINAL COURT OF BALTIMORE, OR
ANY OF THEM.

(E) "CRIMINAL ACTION", "CRIMINAL

CASE", "CRIMINAL CAUSE", OR "CRIMINAL PROCEEDING"
INCLUDES A CASE CHARGING VIOLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE OR
TRAFFIC LAWS AND A CASE CHARGING VIOLATION OF A RULE
OR REGULATION IF A CRIMINAL PENALTY MAY BE INCURRED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: The definitions in subsections (a)
- (e) are new language added for purposes of
clarification and to avoid unnecessary
repetition of words.

(F) "FINAL JUDGMENT" MEANS A

JUDGMENT, DECREE, SENTENCE, ORDER, DETERMINATION,
DECISION, OR OTHER ACTION BY A COURT, INCLUDING AN
ORPHANS' COURT, FROM WHICH AN APPEAL, APPLICATION FOR
LEAVE TO APPEAL, OR PETITION FOR CERTIORARI MAY BE
TAKEN.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This definition does not attempt
to specify what is an appealable final order.
That is left to case law, as at present. The
purpose of the definition is merely to
substitute the brief phrase "final judgment"
for the present "final judgment, decree or
determination", or similar language.

SUBTITLE 2. REVIEW OF CASES DOCKETED IN COURT OF
SPECIAL APPEALS.

SEC. 12-201. CERTIORARI TO COURT OF SPECIAL
APPEALS.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 12-202 OF THIS TITLE, IN
ANY CASE OR PROCEEDING PENDING IN OR DECIDED BY THE
COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS UPON APPEAL FROM A CIRCUIT
COURT, ANY PARTY, INCLUDING THE STATE, MAY FILE IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS A PETITION FOR CERTIORARI TO REVIEW
THE CASE OR PROCEEDING. THE PETITION MAY BE FILED
EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS
HAS RENDERED A DECISION, BUT NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS
AFTER ITS MANDATE HAS BEEN ISSUED. IN A CASE OR
PROCEEDING DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, THE COURT OF
APPEALS ALSO MAY ISSUE THE WRIT OF CERTIORARI ON ITS