BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                          15

sentence to a sentence for life or tern of years]; and
except further that no sentence for life or term of years
may be increased to death by the panel with or without
holding a hearing. The decision of the panel in each review
shall be rendered by a majority of the members of the panel
and shall be rendered within thirty days from the filing
date of the application for review. If the panel orders any
different sentence, the panel shall resentence and notify
the convicted person in accordance with the order of the
panel. Time served on any sentence under review shall be
deemed to have been served on the sentence substituted.

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

12-307.

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;

(2) Jurisdiction to review a case or proceeding
decided by a circuit court, in accordance with § 12—305 of
this article; [and]

(3) Exclusive appellate jurisdiction with
respect to a question of law certified to it under the
Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act[.]; AND

(4) EXCLUSIVE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OVER A
CRIMINAL CASE IN WHICH THE DEATH PENALTY IS IMPOSED.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978, and shall apply only to
offenses committed on or after that date, for which the
defendant is sentenced pursuant to this Act.

Approved March 10, 1978.