Opinion
[No. 137, September Term, 1982.]
Decided December 7, 1982.
CRIMINAL LAW — Jury Trial In De Novo Appeal Improperly Denied.
Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Frederick County (BARRICK, C.J.).
The matter was submitted to MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.
The petition for writ of certiorari having been granted and the State having conceded that the petitioner's right to a jury trial in his de novo appeal to the circuit court was improperly denied, the judgment of the Circuit Court for Frederick County is reversed and the case is remanded for a new trial.
Judgment of the Circuit Court for Frederick County reversed and case remanded to that Court for a new trial.
Costs to be paid by Frederick County.
Mandate to issue forthwith.