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Session Laws, 1993
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Ch. 271

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

ArticleCourts and Judicial Proceedings

12-401.

(a)     A party in a civil case or the defendant in a criminal case may appeal from a
final judgment entered in the District Court. In a criminal case, the State may appeal
from a final judgment if the State all
eges that the trial judge failed to impose the sentence
specifically mandated by th
e Code. In a criminal case, the defendant may appeal even
though imposition or
execution of sentence has been suspended.

(b)     (1) A defendant who has been found guilty of [a municipal infraction, as
defined in Article 23A, Section 3(b)(1) of the Code or] a Code violation tinder Article 27,
§ 403B of the Code, may appeal from the final judgm
ent entered in the District Court:
The costs and proc
edures for taking the appeal shall be as provided for appeals from
criminal cas
es in the District Court. Except, however, as provided in subsection (d) of this
section, the appellat
e court shall docket and hear the appeal as a civil appeal from the
District Court.

(2) A DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF A MUNICIPAL
INFRACTION, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 23A, § 3(B)(1) OF THE CODE, MAY APPEAL
FROM THE FINAL JUDGMENT ENTERED IN THE DISTRICT COURT. THE COSTS AND
PROCEDURES FOR TAKING THE APPEAL SHALL BE AS PROVIDED FOR APPEALS

FROM CIVIL CASES IN THE DISTRICT COURT. THE APPELLATE COURT SHALL DOCKET
AND HEAR THE APPEAL AS A CIVIL APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an appeal shall
be taken by filing an order for appeal with the clerk of the District Court within 30 days
from the date of th
e final judgment from which appealed.

(3) If the final judgment was entered in a case filed under § 8-332, § 8-401,
§ 8-402, § 14-109, or § 14-120 of the Real Property Article, the order for appeal shall be
filed within the time prescribed by the particular section.

(d) In a civil case in which the amount in controversy exceeds $2,500 exclusive of
interest, costs, and attorney's fees if attorney's fees are recoverable by law or contract, in
any matter arising under § 4-401(7)(iii) of this article, IN ANY MUNICIPAL INFRACTION
PROCEEDING, and in any case in which the parties so agree, an appeal shall be heard on
the record made in the District Court. In
every other case, including a criminal case in
which sentence has been imposed or suspended following a pl
ea of nolo contendere or
guilty, and an appeal in a [municipal infraction or] Code violation case, an app
eal shall
be tried de novo.

(e) In a criminal appeal that is tried de novo, there is no right to a jury trial unless
the off
ense charged is subject to a penalty of imprisonment 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
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

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