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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 298

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 593A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 12-401(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

593A.

IN A CRIMINAL CASE TRIED IN A COURT OF GENERAL
JURISDICTION, THERE IS NO RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL UNLESS THE
OFFENSE CHARGED IS SUBJECT TO A PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT FOR
A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF 30 DAYS, OR UNLESS THERE IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL FOR THAT OFFENSE.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

12-401.

(E) IN A CRIMINAL APPEAL THAT IS TRIED DE NOVO, THERE
IS NO RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL UNLESS THE OFFENSE CHARGED IS
SUBJECT TO A PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS
OF 30 DAYS, OR UNLESS THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO -A
JURY TRIAL FOR THAT OFFENSE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 299
(Senate Bill 250)
AN ACT concerning

The Maryland Uniform Gifts to Minors Act