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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 447

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 12-202, 12-305 and 12-307(a) of
Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1974
Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

12-202.

No review by way of certiorari may be granted by the
Court of Appeals in a case or proceeding in which the
Court of Special Appeals has denied or granted:

(1)    Leave to prosecute an appeal in a post
conviction proceeding;

(2)     Leave to prosecute an appeal in a
defective delinquent proceeding; OR

[(3) A petition for certiorari under § 12-305
of this title; or

(4)] (3) Leave to appeal from a refusal to
issue a writ of habeas corpus sought for the purpose of
determining the right to bail or the appropriate amount
of bail.

12-305.

The [appellate court given jurisdiction under §
12-3061 COURT OF APPEALS shall require by writ of
certiorari that a decision be certified to it for review
and determination in any case in which a final judgment
has been rendered by a circuit court on appeal from the
District court if it appears to the [appellate court]
COURT OF APPEALS, upon petition of a party that:

(1)    Review is necessary to secure uniformity
of decision, as where the same statute has been construed
differently by two or more judges; or

(2)     There are other special circumstances
rendering it desirable and in the public interest that
the decision be reviewed.

12-307.

(a) The Court of Appeals has:

(1) Jurisdiction to review a case or
proceeding pending in or decided by the Court of Special
Appeals in accordance with subtitle 2 of this title;