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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 7 - APPELLATE AND OTHER JUDICIAL REVIEW IN CIRCUIT COURT
CHAPTER 100 - APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT TO
THE CIRCUIT COURT
AMEND Rule 7-112 to add a new section providing for the
clerk of the circuit court to notify the clerk of the District
Court when there is a superseding circuit court judgment and to
add new language requiring the circuit court under certain
circumstances to issue a warrant or enter an order for the
defendant to appear before a judge or Commissioner of the
District Court for the entry of a certain commitment, as follows:
Rule 7-112. APPEALS HEARD DE NOVO
(a) Scope
circuit court.
This Rule applies only to appeals heard de novo in the
(b) District Court Judgment
The District Court judgment shall remain in effect pending
the appeal unless and until superseded by a judgment of the
circuit court or, in a criminal action, a disposition by nolle
prosequi or stet entered in the circuit court.
(c) Modification of Peace Orders Pending Appeal
In an appeal from the grant or denial of a peace order,
the circuit court, on its own initiative or on motion of any
party, may modify, stay, or issue a peace order for good cause
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