Ryan v. Thurston

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the scope of appellate review applicable to appeals taken on the record from the District Court of Maryland to the circuit courts of the counties or, in cases arising in Baltimore City, to the Baltimore City Court (civil appeals) and the Criminal Court of Baltimore (criminal appeals).

Maryland Rule 1386 governs the scope of review in such cases and provides that the reviewing court:

“will review the case upon both the law and the evidence, but the judgment of the lower court [the District Court] will not be set aside on the evidence unless clearly…