Stone v. State

RAKER, Judge.

Following his conviction in the District Court of Maryland, the Petitioner, Todd Erik Stone, appealed to the Circuit Court for Worcester County in exercise of his right to trial de novo. Md.Code (1974, 1995 Repl.Vol., 1996 Cum.Supp.) § 12-401(0 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. The circuit court dismissed his appeal. The question we must decide in this case is whether the circuit court may consider an appeal withdrawn and dismiss the appeal in a criminal case from a judgment of the District Court when the defendant failed to appear because he was incarcerated…