Opinion
No. 58
2017-11-16
Cornelius John MCIVER v. STATE of Maryland
Sept. Term, 2017
Submitted by Cornelius John Mclver (of Westminster, MD), for Petitioner.
Submitted by Carrie J. Williams, Assistant Attorney General (Attorney General of Maryland of Baltimore, MD), for Respondent.
*271 Submitted before Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.*
*
Chief Judge Barbera did not participate in the consideration of this matter.
ORDER
WHEREAS, a supplemental petition for writ of certiorari having been filed by Petitioner and granted by this Court with a writ of certiorari being issued on November 3, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Respondent was issued a citation for a speed camera infraction, which carries a civil penalty not exceeding $40, pursuant to Sec. 21—809(c) of the Transportation Article; and as a result of proceedings held in the District Court of Maryland, sitting in Montgomery County, the charges against Respondent ended in a default judgment. Thereafter, Respondent noted an appeal to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County; and
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County did not assign the case to its civil docket but instead assigned the case to its criminal docket and designated it criminal case no. 129917-C and set the matter for a pre-trial hearing; a hearing at which the Respondent failed to appear. Thereafter, Respondent noted an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals; and
WHEREAS, the Court of Special Appeals transferred to this Court on August 7, 2017 the above captioned appeal pursuant to Sec. 12-302(a) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article, and Md. Rule 8-132; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 4-401(13) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article provides that the District Court has exclusive civil jurisdiction in a proceeding for a civil infraction under Sec. 21-809(c) of the Transportation Article; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 21-809(c)(2) of the Transportation Article provides, in part, that a driver of a motor vehicle is subject to a civil penalty if a motor vehicle is recorded by a speed-*272 monitoring system while being operated in violation of the law, it is this 16th day of November, 2017,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that this case be, and it is hereby, remanded to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for further civil proceedings with the appropriate parties pursuant to Sec. 4—401(18) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article and Sec. 21-809 of the Transportation Article; and it is further,
ORDERED, that this case be unsealed and the record in this case be corrected by designating it as a civil, rather than a criminal, proceeding nunc pro tunc.