In Re Darren M.

HARRELL, Judge.

On 26 October 1998, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, sitting as the juvenile court, dismissed a delinquency petition filed against Appellee, Darren M. The juvenile court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction and that the District Court had exclusive jurisdiction over the matter. The State appealed to the Court of Special Appeals. Before the intermediate court heard the appeal, we issued a writ of certiorari on our own initiative. For the reasons stated below, we hold that the juvenile court had exclusive jurisdiction over Darren M. and the conduct alleged in the…