Md. Admin. Order of 2021-03-26 (Non-Substantive Modifications to Jury Plans)

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER

ON NON-SUBSTANTIVE MODIFICATIONS TO JURY PLANS

WHEREAS, § 8-203 of the Courts and Judicial Proceed ings Article of the

Annotated Code of Maryland (§ 8-203) requires that the Court of Appeals determine

whether to approve, within sixty days of filing, ch anges to jury plans proposed by the

circuit courts and filed with the Court; and

WHEREAS, § 8-203 further provides that a proposed change to a jury plan takes

effect on the sixty-first day after the plan’s fili ng date, unless the Court sets an earlier

effective date; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly, from time to time, r ecodifies and

renumbers statutes without substantive change; and

WHEREAS, The Court of Appeals, from time to time, recodifies and renumbers

rules without substantive change; and

WHEREAS, The jury plan of each circuit court should contain accurate and up-to-date citations to pertinent statutes and rules; and

WHEREAS, A clarification of what constitutes modifi cations of jury plans to

conform to non-substantive changes in the citations to pertinent statutes and rules being

needed to avoid the unnecessary filing of plans for non-substantive amendments with

the Court of Appeals,

NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the authority conferred by Article IV, § 18 of

the Maryland Constitution, it is this 26th day of March 2021,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, effec tive March 26, 2021,

that, for modifications to a jury plan that would conform the plan’s citations to changes

in the numbering of statutes and rules without substantive modification of those statutes

or rules, such modifications shall be made by the circuit court to extant jury plans within

thirty days of the change having taken effect or wi thin thirty days of the effective day

of this order, whichever is later; and

ORDERED, Jury plans with such modifications shall i nclude an endnote

describing the modifications and the date the plan was updated in accordance with this

Administrative Order; and

ORDERED, Copies of the modified jury plans shall be forwarded to the Clerk

of the Court of Appeals and the State Court Administrator; and it is further

ORDERED, that the State Court Administrator shall cause amended jury plans

to be posted as soon as is practicable on the Judiciary website.

____________________________

Mary Ellen Barbera

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Robert N. McDonald

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Shirley M. Watts

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Michele D. Hotten

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Joseph M. Getty

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Brynja M. Booth

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Jonathan Biran

/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera

/s/ Robert N. McDonald

/s/ Shirley M. Watts

/s/ Michele D. Hotten

/s/ Joseph M. Getty

/s/ Brynja M. Booth

/s/ Jonathan Biran

Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act

(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document

is authentic.

Date: March 26, 2021

2021-03-26 15:40-04:00

/s/ Suzanne C. Johnson

__________________________ Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk

Suzanne C. Johnson

Clerk of the Court of Appeals