Miscellaneous papers, miscellaneous docket, 1967-1979.
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Maryland. Court of Special Appeals
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By a constitutional amendment in 1966, the General Assembly created the Court of Special Appeals to act as an intermediate appellate court to ease a substantial backlog in the Court of Appeals. At first, the new court consisted of five judges, one from each of five appellate districts elected for fifteen-year terms. The Court heard appeals in all criminal cases except those in which the death penalty had been imposed. Over the years, both the membership and jurisdiction ...