ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 378

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-301.

(b) Except as provided in § 4-302 of this subtitle, the District Court also has
exclusive original jurisdiction in a criminal case in which a person at least 18 years
old or a corporation is charged with:

(8) [Violation of §§ 8-601 through 8-604 of the Criminal Law Article]
FORGERY OR VIOLATION OF TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 6 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE,
WHETHER A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR;

(17)   Violation of § 20-102 of the Transportation Article, whether a felony
or misdemeanor; [or]

(18)   Violation of § 8-801 of the Criminal Law Article; OR

(19)    VIOLATION OF TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 2, PART II OF THE CRIMINAL LAW
ARTICLE.

4-302.

(a) Except as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13),
(14), (15), (16), (17), [and] (18), AND (19) of this subtitle, the District Court does not
have jurisdiction to try a criminal case charging the commission of a felony.

(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the circuit court in a
criminal case:

(i) In which the penalty may be confinement for 3 years or more or
a fine of $2,500 or more; or

(ii) Which is a felony, as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9),
(10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), [and] (18), AND (19) of this subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 378
(Senate Bill 428)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Procedure - Imprisonment Custodial Confinement as a Condition
of Probation Before Judgment or Suspension of Sentence Required

FOR the purpose of authorizing expanding to all jurisdictions in the State the
authority of a court to impose a certain sentence of imprisonment as a condition

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