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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 4 - CRIMINAL CAUSES
CHAPTER 200 - PRETRIAL PROCEDURES
AMEND Rule 4-254 (b)(1) to add language providing that the
filing of a notice of intention to seek the death penalty by the
State’s Attorney is a condition for removal of a capital case and
to make certain stylistic changes, as follows:
Rule 4-254. REASSIGNMENT AND REMOVAL
(a) Reassignment in District Court
The reassignment of a criminal action pending in the
District Court shall be governed by the provisions of Rule 3-505.
(b) Removal in Circuit Courts
(1) Capital Cases
When If a defendant is charged with an offense for which
the maximum penalty is death and the State’s Attorney has filed a
notice of intention to seek the death penalty, either party files
may file a suggestion under oath that the party cannot have a
fair and impartial trial in the court in which the action is
pending,. A suggestion by a defendant shall be under the
defendant’s personal oath, and a suggestion filed by the State
shall be under the oath of the State’s Attorney. the When a
suggestion is filed, the court shall order that the action be
transferred for trial to another court having jurisdiction. The,
and the Circuit Administrative Judge of the court ordering
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