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HARDY v. STATE

[No. 37, September Term, 1976.]

279 Md. 489 (1977)

369 A.2d 1043

LILLIAN ANN HARDY v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick R. Hudson for appellant.

Arrie W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a question expressly reserved in Thompson v. State, 278 Md. 41, 53-54 n. 5, 359 A.2d 203 (1976): Does a defendant have a right to a jury trial in the circuit court upon a de novo appeal from a District Court criminal conviction?

Under Maryland's two-tier trial court system, the District Court has exclusive original jurisdiction...

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