Covington v. State

Timothy Aaron Covington v. State of Maryland, No. 939, September Term 2024. Opinion by Ripken, J. SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION – CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF CIRCUIT COURT AND DISTRICT COURT – EFFECT OF JURY DEMAND Under section 4-301 and 4-302 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Maryland Code, the District Court and circuit courts share concurrent subject matter jurisdiction over certain criminal actions, including statutory misdemeanors in which the penalty is confinement for three years or more. For cases commencing in the District Court in which…