WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 584

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 12-301

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 12-302(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

12-301.

Except as provided in § 12-302, a party may appeal from a
final judgment entered in a civil or criminal case by a circuit
court. The right of appeal exists from a final judgment entered
by a court in the exercise of original, special, limited,
statutory jurisdiction, unless in a particular case the right of
appeal is expressly denied by law. In a criminal case, the
defendant may appeal even though imposition or execution of
sentence has been suspended.

12-302.

(F) SECTION 12-301 OF THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT PERMIT AN
APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF A SENTENCE REVIEW PANEL OF A CIRCUIT
COURT UNDER ARTICLE 27, §§ 645JA THROUGH 645JG OF THE CODE,
UNLESS THE PANEL INCREASES THE SENTENCE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

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