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Statistical Abstract

ANNUAL REPORT

of the MARYLAND JUDICIARY

COURT LIBRAKY UKUUII UUURT PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY UPPER MARLRnRfl. MARYLAND

Report Prepared By:

The Judicial Planning, Research, and Special Projects Unit

of the

Administrative Office of the Courts

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEFINITIONS 1

THE COURT OF APPEALS 7

THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS 17

THE CIRCUIT COURTS 25

THE DISTRICT COURT 81

APPENDIX 95

COMPARISON OF RATE IN FILINGS AND GROWTH IN JUDGESHIPS IN THE COURTS OF MARYLAND 97

STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS 98

STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE , AND PROCEDURE 99

APPELLATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION 101

TRIAL COURT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS 101

TABLES

CA-1 Appeals Docketed by Term - Court of Appeals

CA-2 Origin of Appeals by Appellate Judicial Circuit - Court of Appeals

CA-3 Applications for Certiorari

CA-4 Average Time Intervals for Disposition of Appeals (In Days and Months)

CA-5 Status of Court of Appeals Cases During Fiscal 1980

CA-6 Miscellaneous Docket (Applications for Certiorari)

CA-7 Disposition of Court of Appeals Cases - Fiscal 1980

CSA-1 Appeals Docketed by Term - Court of Special Appeals

CSA-2 Origin of Appeals by Appellate Judicial Circuit - Court of Special Appeals

CSA-3 Status of Court of Special Appeals Cases During Fiscal 1980

CSA-4 Average Time Intervals for Disposition of Appeals (In Days and Months)

CSA-5 Disposition of Court of Special Appeals Cases During Fiscal 1980

CSA-6 Disposition of Applications for Leave to Appeal During Fiscal 1980

CSA-7 Relationship Between Court of Special Appeals Cases and Circuit Court Trials

CC-1 Law, Equity, Criminal, and Juvenile - Filed, Terminated and Pending

CC-2 Percentages of Filings

CC-3 Categories of Cases Filed

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CC-iJ Categories of Cases Terminated

CC-5 Terminations as a Percentage of Filings in the Circuit Courts

CC-6 Five Year Comparative Table - All Cases - Filings and Terminations

CC-7 Five Year Comparative Table - Law Cases - Filings and Terminations

CC-8 Five Year Comparative Table - Equity Cases - Filings and Terminations

CC-9 Five Year Comparative Table - Criminal Cases - Filings and Terminations

CC-10 Five Year Comparative Table - Juvenile Causes - Filings and Terminations

CC-11 Cases Tried by County and Circuit

CC-12 Cases Tried by Major Jurisdiction

CC-13 Percentage of Circuit Court Case Filings Originating from the District Court

CC-14 Law Cases - Ratio of Trials to Dispositions

CC-15 Five Year Comparative Table - Law Cases Tried

CC-16 Criminal Cases - Ratio of Trials to Dispositions

CC-17 Five Year Comparative Table - Criminal Cases Tried

CC-18 Five Year Comparative Table - Equity Hearings

CC-19 Average Days from Filing to Trial or Hearing in the Metropolitan Jurisdictions

CC-20 Average Days from Filing to Trial or Hearing

CC-21 Average Days from Filing to Disposition

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CC-22 Law — Average Days from Filing to Disposition by Age of Cases and Cumulative Percentages of Dispositions Within Specific Time Periods

CC-23 Equity — Average Days from Filing to Disposition by Age of Cases and Cumulative Percentages of Dispositions Within Specific Time Periods

CC-24 Criminal — Average Days from Filing to Disposition by Age of Cases and Cumulative Percentages of Dispositions Within Specific Time Periods

CC-25 Juvenile — Average Days from Filing to Disposition by Age of Cases and Cumulative Percentages of Dispositions Within Specific Time Periods

CC-26 Juvenile Dispositions

CC-27 Population and Caseload Per Circuit Court Judge

CC-28 Five Year Comparative Table - Cases Filed and Terminated Per Judge

CC-29 Cases Filed in the Circuit Court Per Thousand Population

CC-30 Ratio of Jury Trials to Population

CC-31 Five Year Comparative Graph - Civil Cases Filed

CC-32 Appeals from District Court and Administrative Agencies

CC-33 Five Year Comparative Chart - Appeals from District Court and Administrative Agencies

CC-3^ Five Year Comparative Table - Appeals from Administrative Agencies

CC-35 Five Year Comparative Table - Appeals from the District Court

CC-36 Five Year Comparative Table - Habeas Corpus and Post Conviction Cases Filed

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CC-37 Applications for Review of Criminal Sentences

DC-1 Motor Vehicle and Civil Cases Filed or Processed in the District Court of Maryland

DC-2 Motor Vehicle Cases Processed by the District Court of Maryland

DC-3 Civil Cases Filed in the District Court of Maryland

DC-4 Five Year Comparative Table - Motor Vehicle, Criminal, and Civil Cases Filed in the District Court

DC-5 Five Year Comparative Table - Motor Vehicle Cases Processed by the District Court

DC-6 Four Year Comparative Table - Criminal Cases by the Number of Defendants Charged -- Processed in the District Court

DC-7 Five Year Comparative Table - Civil Cases Filed in the District Court

DC-8 Population and Caseload Per District Court Judge

DC-9 Cases Filed or Processed in the District Court Per Thousand Population

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Definitions As Used In This Volume

ADULT -- A person who is 18 years old or older charged with an offense relating to juveniles to be heard in Juvenile Court.

APPEAL — The resorting to a higher court to reverse or correct a decision of a tribunal below. This includes appeals to the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals.

Appeals to the circuit courts include:

1. Record - The judge's review of a written or electronic recording of the proceedings in the District Court.

2. De Novo - The retrial of an entire case initially tried in the District Court.

3. Admin. Agency - Appeals from decisions rendered by Administrative Agencies. For example:

County Commissioner Department of Taxation and Assessments Employment Security Funeral Director Liquor License Commissioners Motion Picture Censors Physical Therapy State Comptroller (Sales Tax, etc.) State Motor Vehicle Authority Supervisors of Elections Tax Court Workmen's Compensation Commission Zoning Appeals Any other administrative body from which an appeal is authorized.

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL — Procedural method by which a petitioner seeks leave of court to grant an appeal. When granted, the matter addressed is transferred to the direct appeal docket of the court for customary briefing and argument. Maryland Rules of Procedure permit the filing of such applications in matters dealing with post conviction, inmate grievances and denial of or grant of excessive bail in habeas corpus proceedings.

CASE — A matter having a unique docket number; includes original and reopened (post-judgment) matters.

CASELOAD — The total number of cases filed or pending with a court during a specific period of time. Cases may include all categories of matters (law, equity, juvenile and criminal).

C.I.N.A. -- Child in Need of Assistance — Refers to a child who needs the assistance of the court because:

1 . The child is mentally handicapped or

2. Is not receiving ordinary and proper care and attention and

3. The parents, guardian or custodian are unable or unwilling to give proper care and attention.

C.I.N.S. — Child in Need of Supervision -- Refers to a child who requires guidance, treatment or rehabilitation because of:

1. Habitual truancy, ungovernableness or behavior that would endanger himself or others.

2. Also included in this category is the commission of an offense applicable only to children.

CONDEMNATION — The process by which property of a private owner is taken for public use without the owner's consent but upon the award and payment of just compensation.

CONSENT -- An uncontested case that usually involves a tort or motor tort case.

CONTRACTS — A case involving a dispute over an oral or written agreement between two or more parties.

Breaches of verbal or written contracts Landlord/tenant appeals from District Court Some attachments and removals Some claims for summary judgments

CONFESSED JUDGMENT — The act of a debtor in permitting judgment to be entered by a creditor immediately upon filing of a written statement by the creditor to the court.

DELINQUENCY -- Commission of an act by a juvenile which would be a crime if committed by an adult.

DISPOSITION -- Entry of final judgment in a case.

DISTRICT COURT — CONTESTED -- Only applies to civil, a case that has gone to trial and both parties (plaintiff and defendant) appear.

DISTRICT COURT CRIMINAL CASE — Single defendant charged per single incident. It may include multiple charges arising from the same incident.

DISTRICT COURT FILING — The initiation of a civil action or case in the District Court. District Court criminal and motor vehicle cases are reported as "processed" rather than as "filed."

DOCKET — Formal record of court proceedings.

EQUITY HEARING -- See "Trials."

FILING — Formal commencement of a judicial proceeding by submitting the necessary papers pertaining to it. Original filing under one docket number and subsequent reopenings (post-judgment) under the same number are counted as separate filings.

FISCAL YEAR — The period of time from July 1 of one year through June 30 of the next. For example: July 1, 1979, to June 30, 1980.

HABEAS CORPUS

PRISONER -- All petitions or applications for" the writ by persons alleging improper detention. (NOTE: This does not include bail hearing.)

OTHER -- All other petitions for writs such as:

Bail set for hearing Petition for custody in infant cases Petition for immediate bail Petition for sanity hearings

INDICTMENT -- The product of a grand jury proceeding against an individual.

INFORMATION -- Written accusation of a crime prepared by the State's Attorney's Office.

JURY TRIAL PRAYER — A request for trial by jury in the circuit court for a charge normally heard in the District Court. A jury trial prayed for a motor vehicle case carries a sentence of more than six months.

MISCELLANEOUS DOCKET — Established for and maintained primarily as a method of recording and identifying those preliminary proceedings or collateral matters before the Court other than direct appeals.

MOTOR TORTS — Personal injury and property damage cases resulting from automobile accidents. (This does not include consent cases.)

NOLLE PROSEQUI — A formal entry upon the record by the plaintiff in a civil suit, or the prosecuting officer in a criminal case, to no longer prosecute the case.

OTHER LAW — This category includes:

Conversion Mandamus Detinue Replevin Ejectment Trespass Issues from Orphans' Court Attachments on Original Process

OTHER TORTS — Personal injury and property damage cases resulting from:

Assault and battery - an unlawful force to inflict bodily injury upon another.

Certain attachments False imprisonment - the plaintiff is confined within

boundaries fixed by the defendant for some period of time.

Libel and slander - a defamation of character. Malicious prosecution - without just cause an injury

was done to somebody through the means of a legal court proceeding.

Negligence - any conduct falling below the standards established by law for the protection of others from unreasonable risk of harm.

Miscellaneous

PENDING CASE — Case in which no final disposition has occurred.

POST CONVICTION — Proceeding instituted to set aside a conviction or to correct a sentence that was unlawfully imposed.

STET — Proceedings are stayed; one of the ways a case may be terminated.

TERMINATION — Same as "disposition."

TRIALS

LAW or EQUITY Hearing

Court Trial — A contested hearing on the facts of the case to decide in favor of either party where testimony is given by one or more persons.

Jury Trial — A contested hearing on the facts of the case to decide in favor of either party where the jury has been sworn.

CRIMINAL

Court Trial — A contested hearing on the facts of the case to decide the guilt or innocence of the defendant where one or more witnesses has been sworn.

Jury Trial — A contested hearing on the facts of the case to decide the guilt or innocence of the defendant, where the jury has been sworn.

THE COURT OF APPEALS

THE COURT OF APPEALS

Statistics found in this section of the Statistical

Abstract are generally tabulated by fiscal year although

the Court of Appeals follows a year related to the Term of

Court, which always begins on the second Monday in

September. For each Term of Court there is a term docket

which relates to appeals heard during that term. In the

statistics that follow, the reader should carefully note

those that are tabulated by fiscal year, and those that

pertain to a particular docket of a Term of Court.

During the fiscal year July 1, 1979, through June 30,

1980, the Court of Appeals had 207 regular appeals before

it for consideration. Forty of those appeals were carried

over from the 1978 Term docket, while the remaining (167)

were filed on the 1979 Term docket.

Approximately 29.S1* percent (49) of the 167 appeals

on the 1979 Term docket were from the Sixth Appellate

Judicial Circuit (Baltimore City). The Third Appellate

Circuit was second with 37, followed by the Fourth with

28, the Fifth with 26, the Second with 15 and the First

with 12. Besides Baltimore City (49), Montgomery County

had the next highest number of appeals to the Court of

Appeals with 37. Prince George's County was next with 28,

Anne Arundel County, 26, and Baltimore County tallied only

15. The combined total of the four metropolitan counties

plus Baltimore City was 123 or 73.6 percent of the total

1979 docket.

By the close of the 1980 Fiscal Year, the Court of

Appeals had disposed of all but 47 of the regular appeals

pending before it. The appeals had been heard but had not

been disposed of by opinion due to the constraints of

time. During Fiscal 1980, the Court considered and

decided 147 appeals, and filed 140 majority opinions, 123

of which were reported. Eleven were considered per

curiam. Members of the Court also filed 13 dissenting

opinions, and one concurring opinion. Appeals on the 1979

docket averaged 3.7 months from docketing to argument and

an additional 2.8 months until decision.

Of the 167 appeals on the 1979 docket, 58 were cases

that by-passed the Court of Special Appeals without being

heard there. Only 6.8 percent or 11 appeals on the 1979

docket were dismissed prior to argument or submission to

the Court of Appeals.

During Fiscal 1980, 555 petitions for issuance of

Writs of Certiorari were filed in the Court of Appeals

while 495 were terminated. Civil petitions constituted

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50.5 percent (255) while the remaining 49.5 percent (245)

were of a criminal nature. The Court granted 24.4 percent

(121) of the total petitions submitted; 64 of which were

civil and 57 of which were criminal.

Also during Fiscal 1980, the Court of Appeals

admitted 703 persons to the practice of law, including 61

attorneys from other jurisdictions. It also conducted 24

disciplinary proceedings involving members of the Maryland

Bar.

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TABLE CA-1

APPEALS DOCKETED BY TERM COURT OF APPEALS

— 489 —

437 476

13

CIVIL

^^ 430

7

403 CRIMINAL

400- 388 348

TOTAL

338

10

304 i

300- 279 250

200-

218

32

173 , 166 , 174 167

41 VI

126

48

144 95

72 100- 92

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n 11§ ̂ 1 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

TABLE CA-2 ORIGIN OF APPEALS

BY APPELLATE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

50%

40% -

30% -

20% -

10%-

0% 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH

1977 TERM 1978 TERM

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1979 TERM

TABLE CA-3

APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIORARI

Total . Number Dispositions Granted Percentage

1975-76 464 104 22.4

1976-77 480 114 23.7

1977-78 491 92 18.7

1978-79 463 101 21.8

1979-80 495 121 24.4

TABLE CA-4

AVERAGE TIME INTERVALS FOR DISPOSITION OF APPEALS

(In Days and Months)

Docket

Original Filing to Disposition in Circuit Court

Disposition in Circuit Court to

Docketing in Court of Appeals

Docketing to

Argument

Argument to

Decision

1975 12.7 6.2 2.2 1.1

1976 15.4 7.2 2.6 1.6

1977 13-9 7.1 2.7 1.7

1978 16.9 8.6 3.5 2.8

1979 486 16.2

281 9.4

112 3.7

83 2.8

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TABLE CA-5

STATUS OF COURT OF APPEALS CASES

DURING FISCAL 1980

Civil Criminal Total

Appeals During FY 80 123 84 207

Status Disposed of

Dismissed Prior to Argument Transferred to Court of

Special Appeals Considered and Decided

Pending

99 7

1 91

24

61 4

1 56

23

160 11

2 147

47

Origin i97S Docket 1979 Docket

28 95

12 72

40 167

TABLE CA-6 MISCELLANEOUS DOCKET

(Applications for Certiorari)

Granted Dismissed Denied Withdrawn Total

Applications 121 3 369 2 495

CIVIL 64 2 182 2 250

CRIMINAL 57 1 187 245

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TABLE CA-7 DISPOSITION OF

COURT OF APPEALS CASES

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

Law Equity Juvenile Criminal Total

Affirmed 21 17 2 18 61

Reversed 26 12 1 32 71

Dismissed - Opinion Filed 0 1 0 1 2

Dismissed Without Opinion 0 0 0 0 0

Remanded Without Affirmance or Reversal 1 0 0 2 3

Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part 5 1 o 1 7

Modified and Affirmed 0 1 0 2 3

Stayed 0 0 0 0 0

Dismissed Prior to Argument or Submission 2 3 2 1) 11

Transferred to Court of Special Appeals 0 1 0 1 2

Total Cases Disposed During Fiscal Year 1980 58 36 5 61 160

Total Cases Pending at Close of Fiscal Year 1980 15 9 0 23 17

Total Cases Disposed and Pending During Fiscal Year 1980 73 U5 5 SH 207

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THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS

THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS

In studying the statistics in this section of the

Statistical Abstract, the reader should bear in mind that

the remarks as to Term of Court and fiscal year found in

the previous section, are applicable here as well. During

the fiscal year, July 1, 1979, through June 30, 1980, the

Court of Special Appeals had 1,830 regular appeals before

it for consideration. One hundred and fifty-nine of those

were from the 1978 Term docket and had been heard during

the previous fiscal year, but had not been disposed of by

opinion due to the short period of time between hearing

and close of the fiscal year. An additional 1,671 were

filed on the 1979 Term docket, representing an increase

over the previous term by 15.26 percent. Approximately 6

percent of the trials heard at the circuit court level

were appealed to the Court of Special Appeals. (See Table

CSA-7.)

Of the 1,671 appeals on the 1979 docket, 453 (27.150

originated in the Sixth Appellate Judicial Circuit

(Baltimore City), followed by the Third Appellate Circuit

with 304 and the Fourth Appellate Circuit with 293. The

second, fifth, and first circuits recorded 248, 207, and

166 appeals, respectively. Montgomery County noted 239

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appeals followed by Prince George's County with 230,

Baltimore County with 200 and Anne Arundel County with

137. The total 806 appeals from these four largest

counties, when added to the 453 for Baltimore City,

accounted for three-fourths (75-3$) of the total 1979 Term

docket.

At the close of the 1980 Fiscal Year, the Court of

Special Appeals had disposed of 1,473 appeals, leaving 357

to be concluded. All of the latter had been argued, but

had not been disposed of due to the constraints of time.

The Court actually considered and decided 1,082 appeals

and filed 1,061 majority opinions in their disposition.

Reported opinions numbered 218 while 843 opinions were

unreported. Members of the Court also filed three

dissenting opinions and five concurring opinions. Appeals

averaged 5.7 months from docketing to hearing and an

additional 0.9 months until decision.

In addition to the disposition of its heavy regular

appellate caseload, the Court of Special Appeals

considered 105 applications for leave to appeal during

Fiscal 1980 and granted ten. It also considered 30

miscellaneous matters.

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TABLE CSA-1 APPEALS DOCKETED BY TERM COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS

880

980

1154

1384 1383 1412 1416

1671

1600- CRIMINAL

CIVIL

796

875

^

1400- 1U1 ML

1 1

729 726

684

728

665

751

1200-

762

622

675

708

1000-

631

523

610

370

800- 678

202 I I 553

176

542

184 l 600-

400-

200-

n 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

TABLE CSA-2

ORIGIN OF APPEALS BY APPELLATE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS

50-

40-

30-

6TH 6TH

20-

6TH 3RD 3RD 4TH 4TH 3RD 4TH 2ND 2ND 5TH 2ND

m-

5TH 0 1ST 5TH 1ST 1ST

1977 TERM 1978 TERM 1979 TERM

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TABLE CSA-3

STATUS OF COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS CASES

DURING FISCAL 1980

Civil Criminal Total

Appeals During FY 80 958 872 1,830

Status Disposed of 778 695 1,473

Dismissed Prior to Argument 244 96 340 Transferred to Court of

Appeals 40 10 50 Stayed 1 0 1 Considered and Decided 493 589 1,082

Pending 180 177 357

Origin 1973" Docket 1979 Docket

83 875

76 796

159 1,671

TABLE CSA-4

AVERAGE TIME INTERVALS FOR DISPOSITION OF APPEALS

(In Days and Months)

Docket

Original Filing to Disposition in Court Below

Disposition in Circuit Court to

Docketing in Court of Special Appeals

Docketing to

Argument

Argument to

Decision

1975 10.2 2.2 4.2 1.2

1976 11.3 2.6 4.6 1.1

1977 11.5 2.7 4.9 0.7

1978 16.3 3.4 5.0 1.2

1979 465 15.5

110 3.7

171 5.7

27 0.9

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TABLE CSA-5 DISPOSITION OF

COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS CASES DURING FISCAL 1980

TABLE CSA-6

DISPOSITION OF APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

DURING FISCAL 1980

Law Equity Juvenile Criminal Total

Affirmed . 192 109 13 . 172 786

Reversed 62 38 . 1 99 203

Dismissed - Opinion Filed 22 7 0 1 30

Dismissed - Without Opinion 0 0 0 2 2

Remanded Without Affirmance or Reversal 5 7 1 3 16

Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part 15 13 1 11 10

Modified and Affirmed 3 1 0 1 5

Stayed 1 0 0 0 1

Dismissed Prior to Argument or Submission me 87 11 96 310

Transferred to Court of Appeals 18 20 2 10 50

Total Cases Disposed During Fiscal Year 1980 161 282 32 695 1173

Total Cases Pending at Close of Fiscal Year 1980 88 79 13 177 357

Total Cases Disposed and Pending During Fiscal Year 1980 552 361 15 872 1830

Granted Dismissed Denied Remanded Total

Post Conviction 9 7 77 5 98

Inmate Grievance 1 6 7

TOTALS 10 7 83 5 105

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TABLE CSA-7 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS

CASES AND CIRCUIT COURT TRIALS FISCAL 1980

Jurisdiction

Court of Special Appeals

1980 Appeals

Circuit Court

1979 Trials

Ratio of Appeals

To Trials

FIRST CIRCUIT 92 1,612 5.60

Dorchester Somerset Wicomico Worcester

28 7

1)8 9

101 132 872 237

6.98 5.30 5.50 3.79

SECOND CIRCUIT 80 825 9.69

Caroline Cecil Kent Queen Anne's Talbot

9 12 9 6

It

86 539 31 111 28

10.16 7.79

29.03 1.25

50.00

THIRD CIRCUIT 215 6,297 3.89

Baltimore Harford

199 1)6

5,932 365

3.35 12.60

FOURTH CIRCUIT 53 609 8.70

Allegany Garrett Washington

10 2

tl

286 122 201

3.19 1.63

20.39

FIFTH CIRCUIT 207 3,381 6.11

Anne Arundel Carroll Howard

138 27 12

1,713 568

1,103

8.05 1.75 3.80

SIXTH CIRCUIT 251 2,852 8.80

Frederick Montgomery

12 239

273 2,579

1.39 9.26

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 290 1,977 5.82

Calvert Charles Prince George's St. Mary's

11 19

227 30

107 256

1,131 183

13.08 7.12 5.12 16.39

EIGHTH CIRCUIT 153 8,903 5.08

Baltimore City 153 8,903 5.08

STATE 1,671 29,189 5.66

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THE CIRCUIT COURTS

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FILINGS

Law, equity, juvenile and criminal case filings

I amounted to 151,946 in Fiscal 1980. This figure also

includes 2,527 juvenile causes heard at the District Court

level in Montgomery County. With respect to total circuit

court caseload, 40.1 percent of the filings were in

equity, 25.7 percent in criminal, 17.5 percent in

H juvenile, and 16.7 percent in the law category.

| The Fiscal 1980 filings of 151,946 increased by 4.7

percent over the 145,066 filings recorded last year.

H Increases were registered in all categories and in the

following amounts: law filings by 18.0 percent, juvenile

by 4.5 percent, equity by 2.3 percent and criminal by 1.2

percent.

This year the 19,496 law cases filed in the five

major jurisdictions of Baltimore County, Anne Arundel

| County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and

Baltimore City accounted for 77.0 percent of the total

H 25,319 State caseload. This represents a 19.5 percent

•upward climb over the 16,320 filings recorded for these

jurisdictions in Fiscal 1979. The other 19 counties

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recorded 5823 law cases; only 23-0 percent of the total

law filings and representing a 13.4 percent increase over

the 5134 cases counted last year. Large growth rates were

found in the following areas: Baltimore City (29.6

percent), Prince George's County (18.8 percent), Baltimore

County (16.8 percent), and Montgomery County (15-7

percent). Anne Arundel County showed a slight increase of

4.9 percent.

Equity case filings in the four major jurisdictions

and Baltimore City accounted for 44,297 cases or 72.6

percent of the State filings recorded at 60,976. The

figures in the major jurisdictions dropped by a mere 0.1

percent over the 44,362 cases filed in Fiscal 1979. The

other 19 counties consumed a small 27.4 percent of the

total caseload in Fiscal 1980, amounting to 16,679 cases

but still an increase of 9-4 percent over the 15,248 cases

recorded last year. Rates of growth were calculated for

Prince George's (4.5 percent) and Montgomery Counties (2.7

percent). Decreases were found in Anne Arundel County

(6.3 percent), Baltimore County (2.4 percent), and

Baltimore City (0.2 percent).

The Circuit Court for Montgomery County reported

that, in exercising jurisdiction formerly held by an

orphans' court, it conducted 52 hearings and signed 2,525

orders during Fiscal 1980. The Circuit Court for Harford

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County exercises the same jurisdiction and recorded 30

hearings and signed 915 orders.

Criminal case filings statewide totaled 39,007 in

Fiscal 1980. The 32,258 criminal filings for the four

major jurisdictions and Baltimore City represent a 0.9

• percent decrease as compared to the 32,562 filings

recorded last year. However, these areas continue to

consume the large majority of the State's criminal

caseload (82.7 percent) compared to the amount of cases

filed in the other 19 counties (17.3 percent). The other

19 counties recorded 67^9 criminal cases compared to 595*1

cases recorded last year, resulting in a 13.3 percent

increment. Increases were noted in Montgomery (22.9

percent) and Prince George's Counties (7.5 percent).

Decreases were noted in Anne Arundel County (7.8 percent),

Baltimore City (2.5 percent), and Baltimore County (2.0

percent).

Applications for review of criminal sentences

B amounted to 270, of which 20 were withdrawn by the

applicants. There were 251 applications in 1978-79 and

273 applications in 1977-78. This year the original

sentence was decreased in 13 instances and unchanged in

226. Two sentences were increased. Since the inception

• of the procedure to review criminal sentences in 1966,

3953 applications have been filed.

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There were 26,644 juvenile causes recorded statewide

in Fiscal 1980. This includes the 2527 causes filed in

the District Court for Montgomery County. The four major

jurisdictions and Baltimore City were responsible for

21,907 filings or 82.2 percent of the total juvenile

caseload; a small increment of 0.3 percent over last

year's figure of 21,044. The other 19 counties recorded

4737 juvenile filings or 17.8 percent of the total State

caseload; a growth of 6.6 percent over last year's figure

of 4442. Increases were noted in the following areas:

Montgomery County (26.4 percent), Baltimore County (11.6

percent), Anne Arundel (2.4 percent) and Baltimore City

(1.2 percent). A decline was registered in Prince

George's County (1.9 percent). See Tables CC-7, CC-8,

CC-9, and CC-10 in the Statistical Abstract for more

details.

TERMINATIONS

Terminations reported totaled 152,720 in Fiscal 1980

for the four major categories of law, equity, criminal,

and juvenile. This figure includes 2,708 juvenile

terminations heard at the District Court level in

Montgomery County. There were 129,460 case terminations

reported in Fiscal 1979- A major effort was made in many

jurisdictions to correct pending inventories in Fiscal

1980. Some cases terminated in prior years were reported

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closed and counted in this year's figures. Thus,

terminated figures and this analysis should be read with a

certain amount of caution.

This year the 16,44? law cases terminated in the five

major jurisdictions of Baltimore County, Anne Arundel

County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County and

Baltimore City accounted for 75.2 percent of the State's

21,860 law terminations. This represents a 7.6 percent

inflation rate over the 15,279 cases terminated for these

jurisdictions in Fiscal 1979. The other 19 counties

terminated 5413 law cases; only 24.8 percent of the total

law terminations but showing a 22.4 percent increase over

• the 4424 cases terminated last year. Statewide, the

21,860 law terminations climbed by 10.9 percent over last

I year's figure of 19,703- Surges were also found in the

following areas: Anne Arundel County (24.0 percent),

Baltimore County (18.8 percent), Prince George's County

• (6.3 percent), and Montgomery County (1.8 percent).

Baltimore City showed a decline of 0.2 percent as compared

| to Fiscal 1979-

II Case terminations in the equity category totaled

60,313 statewide; an increase of 20.6 percent over the

H 49,989 cases terminated last year. The four major

H jurisdictions and Baltimore City were responsible for 73.2

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percent of the terminations or 44,131 cases; a growth rate

of 22.8 percent over the 35,930 terminated last year.

The other 19 counties disposed of 16,182 cases or the

other 26.8 percent and showed a 15.0 percent increase over

the 14,059 terminated last year. Increments were noted in

Baltimore City (79.6 percent), Baltimore County (21.7

percent), and Prince George's County (5.5 percent).

Decreases were calculated for Montgomery County (21.9

percent) and Anne Arundel County (8.9 percent).

The number of criminal terminations in the State

amounted to 41,836 in Fiscal 1980; a 15.3 percent rise

over the 36,276 dispositions recorded last year.

Baltimore City and the four major jurisdictions disposed

of 34,607 cases; 82.7 percent of the total and showing an

increase of 11.3 percent over the 31,085 terminated in

Fiscal 1979. Nineteen other counties disposed of 7229

criminal cases this year compared to 5191 cases last year,

resulting in a 39-3 percent inflation figure. The total

share of the State's criminal terminations by the 19 other

counties was 17-3 percent. Accelerations were registered

in Montgomery County (22.0 percent), Baltimore County

(14.9 percent), Baltimore City (12.4 percent) and Prince

George's County (5.9 percent). A decrease of 4.5 percent

was found in Anne Arundel County.

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A total of 28,711 juvenile causes were terminated

statewide and represents a 22.2 percent surge over the

23,492 terminations reported last year. This year's

figure includes the 2708 juvenile causes terminated at the

District Court level in Montgomery County. Baltimore City

and the four major jurisdictions account for 82.6 percent

of the total State dispositions and illustrate a 25.6

percent rise over the number terminated last year when

23,707 is compared to 18,875. The other 19 counties

terminated 5004 juvenile causes this year as compared to

4617 last year; an increment of 8.4 percent. These

counties were responsible for a small 17.4 percent of the

State's juvenile terminations. Growth rates were noted in

the following areas: Baltimore City (30.8 percent),

Baltimore County (29.1 percent), Prince George's County

(28.5 percent), and Montgomery County (21.3 percent). A

decrease of 8.9 percent was calculated for Anne Arundel

County. See Tables CC-7, CC-8, CC-9 and CC-10 in the

Statistical Abstract for more details.

TRIALS

In Fiscal 1980 there were 21,860 dispositions of law

cases statewide, of which 2416 were dispositions by trial

and accounted for 11.0 percent of the total. The majority

of the trials were non-jury (1622) compared to the number

of jury trials (794). The law jury trial to disposition

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ratio was lowest in Worcester County at 1.4 percent and

highest in Kent County at 15.5 percent. The median was

5.3 percent which occurred in Allegany and Anne Arundel

Counties. The median is the figure that occurs in the

middle if all of the cases are ranked from the lowest to

the highest number. Four metropolitan counties and

Baltimore City were responsible for 544 or 68.5 percent of

all law jury trials. The other 19 counties held 250 law

jury trials, making up only 31-5 percent of the total.

Non-jury law trials were held in 1622 cases in

Maryland. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County,

Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and Baltimore

City heard 1202 or 74.1 percent of the total non-jury law

trials, while the other 19 counties heard 420 or 25.9

percent of the cases. The law non-jury trial to

disposition ratio was highest in Somerset County at 14.0

percent and lowest in Allegany County at 2.2 percent. The

median law non-jury trial ratio was 7.0 percent and

occurred in Cecil County.

The circuit courts reported 41,836 criminal

terminations for the fiscal year. A total of 14,005 or

33.5 percent were disposed of by trial. Most trials

(12,179 or 87.0 percent) were non-jury trials compared to

the number of jury trials (1826 or 13.0 percent). The

majority of jury trials (1195) Were held in the four

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largest counties and Baltimore City, contributing 65.4

percent to the total 1826 jury trials held in the State.

The other 19 counties contributed to 3^.6 percent of the

total and recorded 631 jury trials. The criminal jury

trial to disposition ratio was lowest in Baltimore County

at 0.8 percent and highest in Somerset County at 20.1

percent. The median criminal jury trial to disposition

ratio was 6.5 percent and occurred in Anne Arundel and

Queen Anne's Counties.

The four largest jurisdictions and Baltimore City

made up an even larger share, 10,200 or 83.7 percent of

the total 12,179 non-jury criminal trials, than the

previously mentioned jury trials. Nineteen other counties

held 1979 or just 16.2 percent of the non-jury criminal

trials. The criminal non-jury trial to disposition ratio

was lowest in Charles County at 0.7 percent and highest in

Carroll County at 58.8 percent. The median criminal

non-jury trial to disposition ratio was 25.2 percent and

occurred in Queen Anne's County.

During the year, 16,787 requests for criminal jury

trials were prayed at the District Court level to the

circuit court. This represents a 9-3 percent increase

over the 15,358 requests made in Fiscal 1979 and a 39.9

percent surge over the 11,999 requests in Fiscal 1978.

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For more detailed information, see Tables CC-11,

CC-12, CC-U, and CC-16 in the Statistical Abstract.

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TABLE CC-1 LAW, EQUITY, CRIMINAL, AND JUVENILE

FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING

FILED TERMINATED PENDING

CASES CASES END OF AND AND OF YEAR APPEALS CASES APPEALS APPEALS CASES APPEALS YEAR

TOTAL - FIRST CIRCUIT 2571 6128 5797 331 5964 5649 315 2735

LAW 755 962 792 170 993 822 171 724

EQUITY 1119 3522 3522 XX 3411 3411 XX 1530

CRIMINAL 306 1121 963 161 1002 858 144 428

JUVENILE 91 520 520 XX 558 558 XX 53

DORCHESTER COUNTY 562 1370 1259 111 1284 1173 111 648

LAW 135 201 112 89 185 98 87 151

EQUITY sue 839 839 XX 763 763 XX 424

CRIMINAL 1(8 157 135 22 141 117 24 64

JUVENILE 31 173 173 XX 195 195 XX 9

SOMERSET COUNTY 327 618 607 11 684 662 22 261

LAW 85 87 82 5 129 114 15' 43

EQUITY 196 326 326 XX 345 345 XX 177

CRIMINAL 25 11(9 143 6 139 132 7 35

JUVENILE 21 56 56 XX 71 71 XX 6

WICOMICO COUNTY 838 2522 2411 111 2438 2327 111 922

LAW 2ltU 21(8 201 47 247 199 48 245

EQUITY 1)1(9 163l( 1634 XX 1560 1560 XX 523

CRIMINAL 124 1(82 418 64 472 409 63 134

JUVENILE 21 158 158 XX 159 159 XX 20

WORCESTER COUNTY 8i(l( 1618 1520 98 1558 1487 71 904

LAW 291 426 397 29 432 411 21 285

EQUITY U26 723 723 XX 743 743 XX 406

CRIMINAL 109 336 267 69 250 200 50 195

JUVENILE 18 133 133 XX 133 133 XX 18

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR


CASES AND

APPEALS CASES APPEALS

CASF.S AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - SECOND CIRCUIT 2260 4669 4473 196 4584 4389 195 2345

LAW 1)71 668 587 81 608 523 85 531

EQUITY 1257 2487 2487 XX 2516 2516 XX 1228

CRIMINAL 412 920 805 115 851 741 110 481

JUVENILE 120 594 594 XX 609 609 XX 105

CAROLINE COUNTY 306 618 600 18 641 621 20 283

LAW 17 75 68 7 67 60 7 55

EQUITY 200 378 378 XX 378 378 XX 200

CRIMINAL 38 100 89 11 118 105 13 20

JUVENILE 21 65 65 XX 78 78 XX 8

CECIL COUNTY 1001 2121 2024 97 1976 1890 86 1149

LAW 203 280 245 35 241 208 33 242

EQUITY 567 1143 1143 XX 1141 1141 XX 569

CRIMINAL 180 462 400 62 346 293 53 296

JUVENILE 51 236 236 XX 248 248 XX 42

KENT COUNTY 205 457 443 14 443 431 12 219

LAW 37 77 66 11 58 49 9 56

EQUITY 135 224 224 XX 225 225 XX 134

CRIMINAL 23 84 81 3 82 79 3 25

JUVENILE 10 72 72 XX 78 78 XX 4

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY 325 747 721 26 757 735 22 315

LAW 56 116 102 14 96 84 12 76

EQUITY 170 428 428 XX 453 453 XX 145

CRIMINAL 83 119 107 12 123 113 10 79

JUVENILE 16 84 84 XX 85 85 XX 15

TALBOT COUNTY 1(20 726 685 41 767 712 55 379

LAW 128 120 106 14 146 122 24 102

EQUITY 185 314 314 XX 319 319 XX 180

CRIMINAL 88 155 128 27 182 151 31 61

JUVENILE 19 137 137 XX 120 120 XX 36

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR


CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - THIRD CIRCUIT 16,683 19,582 18,297 1285 21,301 20,038 1266 11,961

LAW 1597 3996 3197 199 3171 3026 118 5119

EQUITY 7916 8103 8103 XX 9616 9616 XX 6373

CRIMINAL 2789 1791 1005 786 5368 1550 818 2212

JUVENILE 1381 2692 2692 XX 2816 2816 XX 1257

BALTIMORE COUNTY 13,911 16,126 15,027 1099 17,751 16,695 1056 12,286

LAW 14079 3376 2962 111 2985 2611 371 1170

EQUITY 6519 6319 6319 XX 8006 8006 XX 1892

CRIMINAL 2301 1173 3188 685 1609 3927 682 1865

JUVENILE 982 2228 2228 XX 2151 2151 XX 1059

HARFORD COUNTY 2772 3156 3270 186 3553 3313 210 2675

LAW 518 620 535 85 189 115 71 619

EQUITY 1367 1751 1751 XX 1610 1610 XX 1181

CRIMINAL 488 618 517 101 759 623 136 317

JUVEMILE 399 161 161 XX 665 665 XX 198

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR


CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - FOURTH CIRCUIT 1080 6052 5707 315 5390 5065 325 1712

LAW 1193 1110 913 167 792 669 123 1511

EQUITY 2221 2713 2713 XX 2332 2332 XX 2632

CRIMINAL 569 1115 967 178 1231 1029 202 183

JUVQJILE 97 1051 1051 XX 1035 1035 XX 116

ALLEGANY COUNTY 1971 2112 1911 168 1680 1533 117 2106

LAW 763 112 372 70 225 188 37 980

EQUITY 1065 969 969 XX 767 767 XX 1267

CRIMINAL 116 277 179 98 286 176 110 107

JUVENILE 30 121 121 XX 102 102 XX 52

GARRETT COUNTY 361 725 708 17 710 687 23 379

LAW 103 151 151 3 119 113 6 108

EQUITY 215 350 350 XX 317 317 XX 218

CRIMINAL 32 93 79 11 81 67 17 11

JUVENILE 11 128 128 XX 130 130 XX 12

WASHINGTON COUNTY 1712 3215 3055 160 3000 2815 155 1957

LAW 327 511 120 91 118 338 80 123

EQUITY 911 1121 1121 XX 1218 1218 XX 1117

CRIMINAL 121 775 709 66 861 786 75 335

JUVENILE 53 502 502 XX 503 503 XX 52

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUME 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR


CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - FIFTH CIRCUIT 15,39^ 18,399 17,561 838 18,550 17,695 855 15,213

LAW 360H 3865 3199 366 1069 3735 331 3100

EQUITY 9003 8935 8935 XX 8357 8357 XX 9581

CRIMINAL 2027 3171 2699 172 3660 3139 521 1538

JUVENILE 760 2128 2128 XX 2161 2161 XX 721

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 10360 12,671 12,189 182 11,831 11,122 112 11,197

LAW 2269 2551 2311 213 2569 2387 182 2251

EQUITY 65U8 6652 6652 XX 5661 5661 XX 7539

CRIMINAL 993 1915 1676 239 2091 1861 230 817

JUVENILE 550 1550 1550 XX 1513 1513 XX 587

CARROLL COUNTY 2123 2612 2156 156 2868 2682 186 1867

LAW U64 506 155 51 596 537 59 371

EQUITY 996 1011 1011 XX 1017 1017 XX 990

CRIMINAL 518 591 189 105 697 570 127 415

JUVENILE 115 171 171 XX 528 528 XX 58

HOWARD COUNTY 2911 3116 2916 200 3818 3591 257 2179

LAW 871 805 733 72 901 811 93 772

EQUITY 1159 1212 1212 XX 1619 1619 XX 1052

CRIMINAL 186 662 531 128 872 708 161 276

JUVENILE 95 107 107 XX 123 123 XX 79

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR


CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - SIXTH CIRCUIT 15,359 15,180 11,619 561 12,706 12,195 511 17,833

LAW 11887 3185 3167 318 2573 2307 266 5799

EQUITY 7981 6901 6901 XX 5397 5397 XX 9185

CRIMINAL 1139 2083 1810 213 1833 1588 215 1689

JUVENILE 1052 2711 2711 XX 2903 2903 XX 860

FREDERICK COUNTY 1391 2688 2592 96 2558 2132 126 1521

LAW 238 370 331 39 312 271 38 296

EQUITY 906 1672 1672 XX 1578 1578 XX 1000

CRIMINAL 206 162 105 57 173 385 88 195

JUVENILE 41 181 181 XX 195 195 XX 30

MONTGOMERY COUNTY 13,968 12,192 12,027 165 10,118 9763 385 16,312

LAW 1)619 3115 2836 279 2261 2033 228 5503

EQUITY 7075 5229 5229 XX 3819 3819 XX 8185

CRIMINAL 1233 1621 1135 186 1360 1203 157 1191

JUVENILE* 1011 2527 2527 XX 2708 2708 XX 830

•Juvenile causes processed at District Court level.

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAH


CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - SEVQ1TH CIRCUIT 17,115 25,419 24,686 733 23,866 23,144 722 18,698

LAW 3728 1256 3858 398 3566 3206 360 1118

EQUITY 9673 12,377 12,377 XX 10,726 10,726 XX 11,321

CRIMINAL 2271 3918 3613 335 1148 3786 362 2071

JUVENILE 1t73 1838 4838 XX 5426 5426 XX 885

CALVERT COUNTY 193 1352 1308 14 1232 1176 56 613

LAW 111 222 198 21 219 186 33 111

EQUITY 241 613 613 XX 473 473 XX 381

CRIMINAL m 170 150 20 217 191 23 37

JUVENILE 57 347 347 XX 323 323 XX 81

CHARLES COUNTY 1061 2497 2410 87 2449 2363 86 1112

LAW 181 333 298 35 283 251 29 231

EQUITY 135 847 817 XX 788 788 XX 191

CRIMINAL 352 876 821 52 951 891 57 277

JUVENILE 96 441 111 XX 127 127 XX 110

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY 14,876 20,152 19,591 561 18,803 18,268 535 16,225

LAW 3297 3474 3118 326 2847 2566 281 3921

EQUITY 8523 10,159 10,159 XX 8717 8717 XX 9965

CRIMINAL 1779 2724 2189 235 2804 2550 254 1699

JUVENILE 1277 3795 3795 XX 4135 1135 XX 637

ST. MARY'S COUNTY 712 1418 1377 11 1382 1337 45 718

LAW 139 227 211 13 217 200 17 119

EQUITY 174 758 758 XX 718 718 XX 181

CRIMINAL 56 178 150 28 176 118 28 58

JUVENILE 13 255 255 XX 211 241 XX 57

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FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979- JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING FILED TERMINATED PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR

CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - EIGHTH CIRCUIT BALTIMORE CITY W,52U 56,517 53,090 3127 60,356 57,117 3239 10,685

TOTAL - LAW COURTS 8079 6977 5639 1338 5785 U581 12014 9271

. TOTAL - EQUITY COURTS 21,575 15,908 15,908 XX 17,928 17,928 XX 19,555

TOTAL - CRIMINAL COURTS 10,296 21,825 19,736 2089 23,713 21,708 2035 8378

TOTAL - JUVENILE COURT 14571 11,807 11,807 XX 12,900 12,900 XX 3181


FILED, TERMINATED AND PENDING IN THE STATE OF MARYUND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

PENDING

BEGINNING OF YEAR


CASES AND


CASES AND


END OF YEAR

TOTAL - STATE OF MARYLAND 118,011 151,916 111,230 7716 152,720 115,292 7128 117,210

LAW 27,311 25,319 21,982 3337 21,860 18,869 2991 30,773

EQUITY 61,015 60,976 60,976 XX 60,313 60,313 XX 61,708

CRIMINAL 20,107 39,007 31,628 1379 11,836 37,399 1137 17,278

JUVENILE* 9518 26,611 26,611 XX 28,711 28,711 XX 7181

•Includes Juvenile Causes processed by the District Court for Montgomery County.

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TABLE CC-2 PERCENTAGES OF FILINGS

JULY 1, 1979 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1980

FISCAL 1980

LAW EQUITY CRIMINAL JUVENILE TOTAL

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

FIRST CIRCUIT 962 15.7 3522 57.5 1121 18.3 520 8.5 6128 100.0


201 87 218 126

11.7 11.1 9.9

26.3

839 326 1631 723

61.2 52.8 64.8 44.7

157 119 182 336

11.4 24.1 19.1 20.8

173 56 158 133

12.7 9.0 6.2 8.2

1370 618 2522 1618

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

SECOND CIRCUIT 668 11.3 2187 53-2 920 19.8 594 12.7 4669 100.0


75 280 77 116 120

12.1 13.2 16.8 15.5 16.5

378 1113 224 428 311

61.2 53.9 49.0 57.3 43.2

100 162 81 119 155

16.2 21.8 18.4 16.0 21.3

65 236 72 84 137

10.5 11.1 15.8 11.2 19.0

618 2121 457 747 726

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

THIRD CIRCUIT 3996 20.4 8103 11.3 . 1791 24.5 2692 13.8 19,582 100.0

Baltimore Harford

3376 620

21.0 17.9

6349 1754

39.3 50.8

1173 618

25.9 17.9

2228 464

13.8 13.4

16,126 3156

100.0 100.0

FOURTH CIRCUIT 1110 18.3 2713 15.3 1115 19.0 1054 17.1 6052 100.0


142 151 511

21.0 21.2 16.0

969 350 1121

15.9 18.2 14.3

277 93

775

13.1 12.9 24.1

424 128 502

20.0 17.7 15.6

2112 725 3215

100.0 100.0 100.0

FIFTH CIRCUIT 3865 21.0 8935 18.6 3171 17.2 2428 13-2 18,399 100.0

Anne Arundel Carroll Hovrard

2554 506 805

20.2 19.3 25.9

6652 1041 1242

52.5 39.9 39.9

1915 591 662

15.1 22.8 21.2

1550 471 407

12.2 18.0 13.0

12,671 2612 3116

100.0 1 100.0 ' 100.0

SIXTH CIRCUIT 3185 23.0 6901 15.1 2083 13.7 2711 17.9 15,180 100.0

Frederick Montgomery•

370 3115

13.8 25.0

1672 5229

62.2 11.8

462 1621

17.2 13.0

184 2527

6.8 20.2

2688 12,192

100.0 100.0

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 1256 16.8 12,377 48.7 3948 15.5 4838 19.0 25,119 100.0


222 333

3471 227

16.1 13.3 17.2 16.0

613 847

10,159 758

45.3 31.0 50.1 53.4

170 876

2724 178

12.6 35.1 13-5 12.6

317 111

3795 255

25.7 17.6 18.9 18.0

1352 2197

20,152 1418

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

EIGHTH CIRCUIT 6977 12.3 15,908 28.1 21,825 38.7 11,807 20.9 56,517 100.0

Baltincre City 6977 12.3 15,908 28.1 21,825 38.7 11,807 20.9 56,517 100.0

' STATE 25,319 16.7 60,976 10.1 39,007 25.7 26,611 17.5 151,946 100.0

•Juvenile Causes heard at District Court level.

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48

TABLE CC-6 FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE TABLE

ALL CASES

FILINGS AND TERMINATIONS

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

F T F T F T F T F T

FIRST CIRCUIT 1(762 1983 5532 1905 5589 5877 5691 5182 6128 5961


11014 638 1650 1370

1155 766 1621 1111

1191 651 1921 1166

1311 591 1608 1359

1362 551

2036 1637

1381 568

2307 1618

1306 562

2251 1572

1221 185 2252 1521

1370 618 2522 1618

1281 681

2138 1558

SECOND CIRCUIT 3667 3203 3861 3950 1220 1012 1219 3883 1669 1584


132 1728 IM H88 535

303 1537 186 111 133

188 1772 531 566 501

537 1710 531 589 583

572 2030 161 531 623

555 1998 129 510 550

519 1892 399 753 656

186 1821 383 670 520

618 2121 157 717 726

611 1976 113 757 767

THIRD CIRCUIT 16,137 15,137 17,151 17,021 18,020 16,182 19,218 18,172 19,582 21,301

Baltimore Harford

13,377 2760

12,291 2816

11,259 3195

11,061 2963

11,723 3297

13,208 2971

15,618 3600

11,772 3100

16,126 3156

17,751 3553

FOURTH CIRCUIT 1620 1261 1561 3756 5120 1526 5519 1817 6052 5390


18211 556

2210

1370 517

2317

1796 600

2168

1132 519 1775

1873 615 2602

1122 611

2190

2073 610

2806

1730 590

2197

2112 725

3215

1680 710

3000

FIFTH CIRCUIT 13,117 11,775 15,852 11,326 17,553 15,133 17,956 16,205 18,399 18,550


9666 1590 2161

8515 1316 1911

11,580 1777 2195

10,731 1687 1905

12,705 2011 2801

11,113 1628 2062

13,123 2221 2612

12,136 1610 2159

12,671 2612 3116

•11,834 2868 3818

SIXTH CIRCUIT 13,656 12,135 11,023 13,519 13,669 12,229 13,571 12,751 15,180 12,706

Frederick Montgomery*

1889 11,767

1911 10,221

1820 12,203

1775 11,711

2353 11,316

2286 9913

2172 11,099

2291 10,160

2688 12,192

2558 10,118

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 20,177 17,831 20,838 19,962 22,196 20,380 23,168 21,381 25,119 23,866


761 1759

16,565 1089

831 1731

11,211 1031

911 1551

17,028 1312

816 1151

16,368 1297

991 1876

18,278 1318

917 1810

16,378 1215

1013 2212

19,051 1189

1080 1926

17,038 1310

1352 2197

20,152 1118

1232 2119

18,803 1382

EIGHTH CIRCUIT 17,839 18,111 53,812 50,970 18,363 11,118 55,361 16,763 56,517 60,356

Baltimore City 17,839 18,111 53,812 50,970 18,363 11,118 55,361 16,763 56,517 60,356

STATE 121,275 117,712 135,936 128,112 135,030 119,817 115,066 129,160 151,916 152,720

•Includes juvenile causes heard at District Court level.

M9


LAW CASES


FIRST CIRCUIT

Dorchester Somerset Wioomico Worcester

SECOND CIRCUIT


THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

FOURTH CIRCUIT


FIFTH CIRCUIT


SIXTH CIRCUIT


SEVENTH CIRCUIT


EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City

STATE

1975-76

F T

685

117 76 163 329

536

HI 251 58 67 116

2832

2161 371

737

325 111 301

2087

12H5 301 538

2952

312 2610

3163

152 191

2599 221

5732

5732

18,721

766

119 90 168 359

198

29 256 60 61 89

2590

2208 382

578

206 97

275

1813

1151 226 163

3317

353 2991

2915

172 211

2316 186

7313

7313

19,880

1976-77

F T

885

113 112 218 382

589

61 309 66 86 67

2998

2562 136

816

112 99 335

2520

1657 381 515

2872

216 2656

3126

150 207

2578 191

5536

5536

717

133 97

171 316

571

52 317 51 72 76

2827

2119 108

586

213 89

251

2371

1661 311 102

2570

283 2287

3611

152 207 3005 217

6185

6185

1977-78

F T

19,372 19,711

931

181 81

205 167

735

56 121 73 76 109

3071

2621 153

1015

115 111 129

3686

2518 108 730

2905

268 2637

3260

123 189

2780 168

5180

5180

21,089

952

162 62

235 166

652

51 383 60 86 69

2179

2066 113

812

253 129 160

3081

2259 321 501

2615

305 2310

2910

129 212

2125 171

5813

5813

19,350

1978-79

F T

960

191 91

221 151

618

51 306 51 112 95

3399

2889 510

1020

137 112 111

3530

2131 111 655

2997

305 2692

3518

159 279

2923 187

5382

5382

21,151

867

169 72 189 137

573

13 297 68 106 59

3023

2513 510

790

289 123 378

2913

2072 325 516

2170

219 2221

3273

157 221

2679 213

5791

5791

19,703

1979-80

F T

962

201 87

218 126

668

75 280 77 116 120

3996

3376 620

1110

112 151 511

3865

2551 506 805

3185

370 3115

1256

222 333

3171 227

6977

6977

25,319

993

185 129 217 132

608

67 211 58 96 116

3171

2985 189

792

225 119 118

1069

2569 596 901

2573

312 2261

3566

219 283

2817 217

5785

5785

21,860

50


EQUITY CASES


1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

F T F T F T F T F T

FIRST CIRCUIT 2256 2135 2659 2357 3112 3069 3338 3219 3522 3111

Dorchester Somerset Wieomico Worcester

6UH 225 825 562

615 359 815 586

906 308 851 591

808 250 732 567

787 331 1319 702

796 335 1270 668

826 312 1112 758

772 286 1186 705

839 326 1631 723

763 315 1560 713

SECOND CIRCUIT 1812 1197 1851 1855 2035 1915 2239 2030 2187 2516


2H8 926 212 183 2H3

182 779 208 118 180

278 850 223 258 212

312 786 213 250 291

336 935 211 260 293

306 952 187 235 265

311 970 223 393 312

303 929 186 311 268

378 1113 221 128 311

378 1111 225 153 319

THIRD CIRCUIT 7073 6155 7611 7176 8085 7287 8291 8217 8103 9616

Baltimore Harford

5719 1321

1796 1359

6182 1159

5830 1316

6106 1679

5718 1569

6505 1789

6580 1667

6319 1751

8006 1610

FOURTH CIRCUIT 1881 1651 1921 1105 2313 1911 2102 2131 2713 2332


791 190 897

571 161 916

719 232 973

511 197 667

815 272 1226

581 210 1090

900 299 1203

737 266 1128

969 350 1121

767 317 1218

FIFTH CIRCUIT 5W9 1161 6928 5806 7991 6231 9113 7771 8935 8357


1132 572 715

3315 193 623

5300 750 878

1577 631 598

6105 837 1019

1958 585 688

7098 912 1103

6215 691 865

6652 1011 1212

5661 1017 1619

SIXTH CIRCUIT 5217 1116 6283 5161 6511 5365 6636 6372 6901 5397


1029 1218

1060 3056

1161 5119

1026 1135

1510 5001

1113 3922

1517 5089

1180 1892

1672 5229

1578 3819

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 8396 6376 8222 7199 9712 8119 11,613 10,201 12,377 10,726


355 727

6809 505

361 713 1812 160

322 606

6567 727

336 506

5687 670

131 675

7880 756

395 586

6750 718

182 769 9725 637

176 761

8261 703

613 817

10,159 758

173 788

8717 718

EIGHTH CIRCUIT 11,320 7893 11,116 8689 13,779 9080 15,915 9982 15,908 17,928

Baltimore City 11,320 7893 11,116 8689 13,779 9080 15,915 9982 15,908 17,928

STATE 13,131 31,581 . 16,651 39,918 53,631 13,337 59,610 19,989 60,976 60,313

51


CRIMINAL CASES


FIRST CIRCUIT


SECOND CIRCUIT


THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

FOURTH CIRCUIT


FIFTH CIRCUIT


SIXTH CIRCUIT


SEVENTH CIRCUIT


EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City

STATE

1975-76

F T

1253

185 216 1*1)9 373

823

351 104 176 104

3890

3369 521

899

245 136 518

3469

2456 454 559

2185

353 1832

3113

116 391

2453 153

18,112

18,112

33,744

1277

204 242 452 379

766

51 323 113 179 100

4084

3576 508

1056

205 165 686

3333

2378 357 598

1981

329 1652

2908

120 371

2255 162

17,505

17,505

1976-77

F T

1318

192 175 597 354

821

83 379 134 143 82

4686

4006 680

795

240 75

480

3910

2841 328 741

1800

286 1514

3400

260 385

2641 114

26,441

26,441

1136

155 180 464 337

858

88 373 139 159 99

4941

4344 597

822

259 73

490

3801

2893 360 548

2015

332 1683

3095

205 367

2411 112

24,139

24,139

32,910 43,171 40,807 35,729 32,512

1977-78

977

206 86

351 334

897

101 435 120 124 117

4681

4103 578

812

204 89

519

3311

2274 435 602

1935

369 1566

3604

234 480

2734 156

19,512

19,512

1309

225 117 618 349

866

117 407 119 123 100

4476

3884 592

774

177 94

503

3078

2215 404 459

1740

324 1416

2921

183 501

2106 131

17,348

17,348

1978-79

F T

890

139 94

405 252

773

70 363 69

137 134

4939

4258 681

1053

288 81

684

3123

2078 450 595

1714

395 1319

3650

179 770

2533 168

22,374

22,374

887

148 81

390 268

680

56 356 72 115 81

4581

4013 568

848

256 81

511

3090

2189 213 688

1443

328 1115

3626

246 545

2647 188

21,121

21,121

1979-80

F T

1124

157 149 482 336

920

100 462 84 119 155

4791

4173 618

1145

277 93

775

3171

1915 594 662

2083

462 1621

3948

170 876

2724 178

21,825

21,825

1002

141 139 472 250

851

118 346 82 123 182

5368

4609 759

1231

286 84

861

3660

2091 697 872

1833

473 1360

4148

217 951

2804 176

23,743

23,743

38,516 36,276 39,007 41,836

52

TABLE CCIO FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE TABLE

JUVENILE CAUSES


1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

F T F T F T F T F T

FIRST CIRCUIT 568 505 670 695 536 571 503 179 520 558


158 91

213 106

157 75 156 117

250 56

228 136

218 67

211 339

188 53

161 131

201 51 181 135

150 62 180 111

135 16 187 111

173 56 158 133

195 71 159 133

.SECOND CIRCUIT 1)96 112 600 666 553 579 619 600 591 609


55 197 110 62 72

11 179 105 53 61

66 231 111 79 110

85 231 125 108 111

79 239 60 71 101

78 256 63 66 116

87 253 53

111 115

81 212 57 105 112

65 236 72 81 137

78 218 78 85 120

THIRD CIRCUIT 23t2 2308 2129 2080 2180 1910 2616 2321 2692 2816

Baltimore Harford

1798 SHI

1711 597

1509 620

1168 612

1593 587

1510 100

1996 620

1666 655

2228 161

2151 665

fOURTH CIRCUIT 1103 979 999 913 980 999 1011 1018 1051 1035


160 119 521

385 121 170

125 191 380

389 190 361

109 113 128

111 151 137

118 118 178

118 120 180

121 128 502

102 130 503

FIFTH CIRCUIT 2U12 2138 2191 2315 2565 2710 2160 2128 2128 2161


1833 260 319

1638 210 260

1782 351 361

1603 385 357

1778 361 123

2011 318 111

1513 388 259

1660 378 390

1550 171 107

•1513 528 123

SIXTH CIRCUIT 3272 2691 3068 3173 2285 2509 2221 2169 , 2711 2903


195 3077

172 2519

151 2911

131 3339

176 2109

211 2295

225 1999

237 2232

181 2527

195 2708

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 5505 5635 6090 6057 5890 6070 1657 1281 1838 5126


mi 150

11701 210

178 136

1798 223

212 356

5212 280

153 371

5265 268

206 532 1881 268

210 511

5097 222

193 391

3873 197

201 393

3151 236

317 111

3795 255

323 127

1135 211

IvIGHTH CIRCUIT 12,675 15,670 10,689 11,657 9592 9207 11,663 9866 11,807 12,900

Baltimore City 12,675 15,670 10,689 11,657 9592 9207 11,663 9866 11,807 12,900

STATE 28,373 30,368 26,739 27,916 21,581 21,618 25,186 23,192 26,611 28,711

"Includes juvenile causes heard at District Court level.

53

TABLE CC-11 CASES TRIED BY COUNTY AND CIRCUIT

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

TOTALS

LAW

EQUITY

CRIMINAL

JURY NON-JURY JURY NON-JURY

FIRST CIRCUIT 1837 10 51 1108 98 510


11(9 196 995 197

5 8

21 6

12 18 10 11

298 75

661 71

17 28 50 3

117b'd

67

103b

SECOND CIRCUIT 1238 35 35 887 86 195


96 830 50

229 33

1 13 9 7 5

0 17 5 7 6

19' 633 23

176 6

7 56 10 8 5

39 1116

11

THIRD CIRCUIT 8190 101 252 3230 106 1501

Baltimore Harford

7515 675

85 16

201 18

2871f

359 35 71

13203.0

181

FOURTH CIRCUIT 1070 33 10 600 110 257


521 182 361

12 5

16

5 11 21

276 151 170

37 2

101

191e

10 53

FIFTH CIRCUIT 1)601 183 318 2502 289 1312


2272 1001 1328

135 17 31

167 56 95

129lf 507f

70lf

137 11

138

539 lioe

363e

SIXTH CIRCUIT 2683 71 115 2193 206 68


321 2359

16 55

19 126

257 1936'

26 180

6e 62

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 5218 238 162 1375 336 137


118 321

1183 293

13 21 176 28

28 32 86 16

79 230^,

3833f

233

11 31

278 10

11 7

110 6

EIGHTH CIRCUIT 8213 93 619 1767 565 5169

Baltimore City 8213 93 619 1767f 565 5169

STATE 33,083 791 1622 16,662 1826 12,179

aReports stet case as non-jury trial. ^Sometimes reports stet case as non-Jury trial. 0Reports nolle prosequi case as non-jury trial, dsometimes reports nolle prosequi case as non-jury trial. eReports pleas as non-Jury trial, 'includes hearings before a master.

54

TABLE CC-12

CASES TRIED BY MAJOR JURISDICTION*

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

State Baltimore

City All

Counties

Four largest Counties

Other 19 Counties

LAW

Jury 794 93 701 451 250

Non-Jury 1622 619 1003 583 420

EQUITY 16,662 1767 14,895 9934 4961

CRIMINAL

Jury 1826 565 1261 630 631

Non-Jury 12,179 5169 7010 5031 1979

•See footnotes on Tables CC-17 and CC-18.

55

TABLE CC-13 PERCENTAGE OF CIRCUIT COURT CASE FILINGS

ORIGINATING FROM THE DISTRICT COURT

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE,30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

Prayers for Jury Trials and Appeals

Circuit Court Filings

% of Circuit Court Filings that Are Jury Trials and Appeals

FIRST CIRCUIT


SECOND CIRCUIT


THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

1874 H32

FOURTH CIRCUIT


181 29

H23

FIFTH CIRCUIT


585 391* 3t1

SIXTH CIRCUIT


207 799

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


32 111 1367 63

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 10,265

STATE

85 58

228 226

33 173 30 26 76

22,338

1370 618

2522 1618

618 2121 157 717 726

16,126 3156

2112 725 3215

12,671 2612 3116

2688 9965

1352 21197

20,152 11418

56,517

11(9,119

6.20 9.38 9.01 13.97

5.31 8.15 6.56 3.18 10.17

11.62 12.50

8.57 1.00 13.16

1.62 15.08 10.91

7-70 8.02

2.37 16.16 6.78 1.11

25.21

11.95

•Excludes juvenile statistics for Montgomery County.

56

TABLE CC-14 LAW CASES

RATIO OF TRIALS TO DISPOSITIONS

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

DISPOSITIONS TRIALS PERCENTAGES JURY I NON- JURY $

FIRST CIRCUIT


185 129 2H7 132

17 26 31 17

9.2 20.2 12.5 3.9

5 8

21 6

2.7* 6.2% 8.5$ 1.4$

. 12 18 10 11

6.5$ 14.0$ 4.0$ 2.5$

SECOND CIRCUIT


67 2t1 58 96 116

1 30 11 14 11

1.5 12.4 24.1 14.6 7.5

1 13 9 7 5

1.5$ 5.4$ 15.5$ 7.3$ 3.4$

0 17 5 7 6

7.0$ 8.6$ 7.3$ 4.1$

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

2985 189

289 64

9.6 13.1

85 16

2.8$ 3.3$

204 48

6.8$ 9.8$

FOURTH CIRCUIT


225 11)9 1118

17 16 40

7.5 10.7 9.5

12 5 16

5.3$ 3-3$ 3.8$

5 11 24

2.2$ 7.4$ 5.7$

FIFTH CIRCUIT


2569 596 901

302 73 126

11.8 12.2 13.9

135 17 31

5.3$ 2.8$ 3-4$

167 56 95

6.5$ 9.4$ 10.5$

SIXTH CIRCUIT


312 2261

35 181

11.2 8.0

16 55

5.1$ 2.4$

19 126

6.1$ 5.6$

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


219 283 2847 217

41 53 262 44

18.7 18.7 9-2

20.3

13 21 176 28

5.9$ 7.4$ 6.2$ 12.9$

28 32 86 16

12.8$ 11.3$ 3.0$ 7.4$

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 5785 712 12.3 93 1.6$ 619 10.7$

STATE 21,860 2416 11.0 794 3.6$ 1622 7.4$

57


LAW CASES TRIED

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT


1)1 It 18 29

23 5

21 21

22 1

12 27

23 5

22 27

17 26 31 17

SECOND CIRCUIT


7 33 23 10 m

1 12 13 25 15

1 50 17 21 12

9 23 11 9 2

1 30 11 11 11

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

633 71

150 101

280 110

212 77

289 61

FOURTH CIRCUIT


21 17 51

5 16 33

16 15 17

21 17 18

17 16 10

FIFTH CIRCUIT


227 17 119

207 77 78

253 36 18

235 36 118

302 73 126

SIXTH CIRCUIT


35 308

30 312

11 288

11 269

35 181

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


13 36

528 12

10 51 153 68

11 13 303 37

18 12

260 26

11 53 262 11

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 1200 116 660 922 712

STATE 3633 2539 2393 2179 2116

58

TABLE CC-16 CRIMINAL CASES

RATIO OF TRIALS TO DISPOSITIONS

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

DISPOSITIONS TRIALS PERCENTAGES JURY % ' NON- JURY i

FIRST CIRCUIT

Dorchester. Somerset Wicomico Worcester

111 139 1172 250

131 95 303 106

95.0 68.3 61.2 12.1

17 28 50 3

12.0$ 20.1$ 10.6% 1.2$

117 67

253 103

83.0$ 18.2$ 53.6$ 11.2$

SECOND CIRCUIT


118 3t6 82 123 182

U6 167 13 39 16

38.9 18.3 15.8 31-7 8.7

7 56 10 8 5

5.9$ 16.2$ 12.2$ 6.5$ 2.7$

39 111

3 31 11

33.0$ 32.1$ 3.6$

25.2$ 6.0$

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

1609 759

1355 252

91.5 33-2

35 71

.8$ 9.1$

1320 181

93-7$ 23.8$

FOURTH CIRCUIT


286 an

861

231 12

151

80.7 11.3 17.9

37 2

101

12.9$ 2.1$ 11.7$

191 10 53

67.8$ 11.9$ 6.2$

FIFTH CIRCUIT


2091 697 872

676

501

32.3 60.8 57.1

137 11

138

6.5$ 2.0$ 15.8$

539 110 363

25.8$ 58.8$ 11.6$

SIXTH CIRCUIT


173 1360

32 212

6.8 17.7

26 180

5.5$ 13.2$

6 62

1.3$ 1.5$ .

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


217 951 280H 176

28 11

388 16

12.8 1.3 13.8 9.1

11 31

278 10

6.1$ 3.6$ 9-9$ 5.7$

11 7

110 6

6.1$ .7$

3.9$ 3.1$

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 23,7t3 5731 21.2 565 2.1$ 5169 21.8$

STATE 111,836 11,005 33.5 1826 1.1$ 12,179 29.1$

59


CRIMINAL CASES TRIED

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT


111 125 295 200

219 53

211 188

201 39

337 216 .

138 65

231 77

134b,d 95

303K 106b

SECOND CIRCUIT •


27 160 53 69 102

62 176 50 60 73

90 271 20 52 64

11 159 11 35

46 I67e

13. 39d

16

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

162H 115

1857 327

1157 244

2862 198

43553,0 252

FOURTH CIRCUIT


180 83 292

206 l)l|

121)

162 58 156

227 11 116

231e

12 151

FIFTH CIRCUIT


1295 259 370

711 213 51

606 329 126

616 175 195

676 424e 501e

SIXTH CIRCUIT


188 711

37 330

52 351

10 305

32* 242

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


81) 133

1236 1H5

68 38

357 13

12 58

361 40

30 39

367 17

28 41

388 16

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 8992 4117 3118 5550 5731

STATE 17,179 9981 8789 11,882 11,005

aReports stet case as non-jury trial. bSometimes reports stet case as non-jury trial. cReports nolle prosequi case as non-jury trial. dSometinies reports nolle prosequi case as non-jury trial. eReports pleas as non-Jury trial.

60


EQUITY HEARINGS

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT


289 195 51 90

197 50 53 127

369 91

119 191

210 62

619 133

298 75

661 71

SECOND CIRCUIT


397 30 12 92

17 151

6 38 21

13 61 2

30 27

36 . 357

3 97 12

19 633 23 176

6

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

2757 510

3223 100

3018 65

2858 90

2871* 359

FOURTH CIRCUIT


137 H7

273

92 38 11

51 55 23

38 61 7

276 151 170

FIFTH CIRCUIT


732 261 1(05

113 383 361

613 327 358

862 357 190

1291» 507» 701»

SIXTH CIRCUIT


681 1739

12 1911

39 1869

189 2005

257 1936*

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


16 250

2712 99

21 36

3159 152

31 117

3906 99

59 175

3801 110

79 230 3833* 233

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 2301 3131 2920 2131 1767*

STATE 11,153 11,108 11,730 15,128 16,662

•Includes hearings before a master.

61

TABLE CC-19 AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO TRIAL OR HEARING

IN THE METROPOLITAN JURISDICTIONS

FISCAL 1980

LAW EQUITY CRIMINAL JUVENILE

Baltimore City SC 598 CC 333 CP 608

CCl 188 CC2 187

137 69

Anne Arundel County 357 158 105 72

Baltimore County 576 188 132 58

Montgomery County U08 236 119 292

Prince George's County 1(87 196 139 25

62

TABLE CC-20 AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO TRIAL OR HEARING

LAW EQUITY CRIMINAL JUVENILE

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT

Dorchester Somerset Wicomlco Worcester

217 309 518 681

180 329 311 189

103 106 351 716

89 111 39 77

96 72 35 77

79 81 27 130

116 88 111 96

103 67 95 106

91 79 21 102

23 16 23 31

23 38 16 38

29 31 19 69

SECOND CIRCUIT


283 207 206 328 29«

258 333 276 207 170

50 290 296 273 291

187 151 23 158 163

139 125 205 37 101

113 111 232 10 83

70 101 80 170 89

81 107 120 111 90

88 123 99 102 117

11 33 31 13 37

37 35 37 11 31

30 35 17 36 32

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

560 177

511 111

576 311

196 313

197 319

188 211

111 191

112 197

132 193

126 109

71 71

58 62

FOURTH CIRCUIT


277 210 732

322 112 267

528 319 381

276 91 191

81 100 337

123 108 96

72 115 122

71 121 119

88 136 169

19 19 33

16 26 21

21 31 22

FIFTH CIRCUIT


362 175 301

318 222 367

357 251 131

166 166 159

151 163 180

158 180 219

108 135 183

111 111 179

105 153 126

36 16 37

15 19 73

72 16 15

SIXTH CIRCUIT


316 503

211 113

255 108

112 205

179 222

101 236

67 102

82 135

13 119

250 77

29 18

21 292

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


310 305 369 358

207 203 176 280

219 282 187 221

173 193 177 219

112 131 167 339

127 118 196 226

89 83 137 62

109 106 163 86

72 115 139 21

18 37 8

13

13 39 17 18

11 55 25 16

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City SC CC CP

707 102 896

563 360 528

598 333 608

CC1 188 CC2 181

180 161

188 187

N/A 161» 137 19 52 69

STATE 162 123 109 178 172 177 N/A 126" 131 56 50 81

•Includes felony defendants only. Supplied by the Baltimore City State's Attorney's office. ••Includes felony defendants only from Baltimore City.

These figures differ somewhat from those printed in past reports: (1) The figures appearing in the 1977-78 Statistical Abstract were computed excluding the shortest and lengthiest 5 percent

of the cases. (2) All figures in the 1978-79 and 1979-80 Statistical Abstract were computed by using a simple arithmetic mean, or

average, but computations had the benefit of two factors not available previously: (a) A more complete data base was used; cases closed in the report year but not reported to the A0C until a later year

were included in the report year figures for 1977-78. (b) Prior computer system design did not capture case ages of more than 999 days; thus unusually lengthy cases were

not included in the computations for 1977-78. (3) Note that a small number of lengthy cases can greatly increase an average, particularly in a small Jurisdiction. See

Tables CC-22, 23, 21, and 25 for a more detailed breakdown of filing-to-disposition ages.

Source: MJIS Automated Reports on Elapsed Time Between Events in Court Processing (Report #A70267 - Law; A70268 - Ecuity; A70272 - Criminal; A70269 - Juvenile).

63

TABLE CC-21 AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION

FIRST CIRCUIT


SECOND CIRCUIT


THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

FOURTH CIRCUIT


FIFTH CIRCUIT


SIXTH CIRCUIT


SEVEMTH CIRCUIT


EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City

LAW

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

SC CC CP

STATE

18D 92 330 289

293 76

209 226 215

W 358

317 167 273

293 116 165

303 170

299 273 366 327

768 299 819

142

231 63 293 182

211 212 253 152 171

191 311

288 178 210

213 167 231

205 395

229 198 361 297

190 126 478

371

216 191 313 202

282 218 213 206 289

181 307

125 276 217

278 260 160

244 359

175 208 365 236

395 404 926

375

EQUITY

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

103 104 95 162 108 201 104 130 103 201 175 180

158 188 117 156 104

250 199

238 220 198

141 168 221

211 381

184 188 261 251

CC1 194 CC2 101

167 152 138 112 154

232 207

233 261 217

193 172 237

149 551

179 204 201 304

262 164

207 236

150 126 177 121 192

432 210

187 202 197

207 211 328

180 250

136 195 191 230

464 345

285

CRIMINAL

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

122 106 114 81 233 109 136 135

90 127 71

391 101

129 202

87 164 124

166 156 187

91 152

185 111 187 104

189

166

107 154 144 151 98

126 220

108 155 162

158 155 224

111 164

146 116 187 110

167

159

98 91 88 131

111 151 121 133 134

156 204

144 184 157

143 175 169

119 155

174 123 171 108

156

155

JUVENILE

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

26 19 83 67

65 112 65 50 53

162 116

28 67 35

121 53 150

228 91

112 71 72 54

59

80

22 52 41 69

46 17 15 38 13

102 82

25 16 25

108 57 155

71 94

84 81 72 67

57

71

52 59 59 80

50 12 69 16 36

80 93

21 67 28

115 64 91

67 306

104 75 64 67

78

97

These figures differ somewhat from those printed in past reports:

of th£1L^s.fi8UreS appearing in the 1977-78 Statistical Abstract were computed excluding the shortest and lengthiest 5 percent

=„o~<2) ?l figur?!3 *" th? Wf1?. and 1979-80 Statistical Abstract were computed by using a simple arithmetic mean, or average, but computations had the benefit of two factors not available previously ">«"!..«. mean, or

l^^nn^f? ^ baSe T3 USel: CaSe3/l0Sed in the rePort ^ear but not ^Ported to the A0C until a later year were included in the report year figures for 1977-78. <b) ^"L^fT^r Slitea des^" did not capture case ages of more than 999 days; thus unusually lengthy cases were not included in the computations for 1977-78. "**<=* »<=ie

^blePrr^?6 ^\t HS1*"^ 0f ^^J,0^!8 ^ greatly inorea3e a" average, particularly in a small jurisdiction. See rabies CC-22, 23, 24 and 25 for a more detailed breakdown of filing-to-disposition ages.

^yJ:9£: ATO7SU-^inaRrAr70266 -'Zlnil^. ^ Filin8 t0 DiSP0sition (W "70262 - Law; A70264 - Equity;

64

TABLE CC-22 LAW — AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION BY AGE OF CASES

AND CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGES OF DISPOSITIONS WITHIN SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS

FISCAL 1980

NUMBER OF

CASES*

AVERAGE IN DAYS FILING TO DISPOSITION

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CASES DISPOSED OF LESS THAN:

All Cases Excluding Cases

Over 1081 61

Days 181

Days 361

Days 721

Days 1081 Days

FIRST CIRCUIT


181) 128 2H7 130

216 191 315 202

191 113 281 153

58.2 57.0 21.9 60.9

65.2 71.1 17.0 71.6

71.5 83.6 62.3 80.2

91-3 92.2 87.1 90.2

97.8 96.1 96.1 96.3

SECOND CIRCUIT


67 21)1 58 96 1H6

282 218 213 206 289

228 218 213 196 280

19.1 37.8 20.7 12.7 21.7

52.2 56.0 18.3 57-3 15.2

71.6 71.7 87.9 80.2 65.8

88.1 95.1 91.8 95.8 89.0

91.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 99-3

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

2960 m

182 307

393 278

15.6 28.0

29.9 16.0

17.6 66.5

72.9 87.7

91.1 97.3

FOURTH CIRCUIT


221 1H9 118

125 276 217

301 201 221

30.8 17.7 11.1

11.1 61.7 57.1

57.1 70.5 73.2

71.6 85.9 91.9

88.8 93-3 97.1

FIFTH CIRCUIT


2513 590 899

278 260 160

229 211 311

39-3 11.6 35.1

55.6 60.2 12.1

71-3 71.9 52.1

87.9 87.8 70.3

95.7 96.3 81.6

SIXTH CIRCUIT


311 2219

215 360

231 323

30.2 16.7

18.6 37.5

76.5 55.7

93.6 87.1

98.7 96.1

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


219 283 2817 217

175 209 366 236

160 201 337 205

37.0 28.3 13.1 23.5

66.2 53-0 33.9 18.8

83.6 81.1 55.6 85.3

97.3 97.2 87.6 93.5

98.6 99.3 97.0 97.2

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City SC CC CP

3393 1759 616

395 101 926

311 330 515

21.0 20.6 1.5

38.5 12.9 12.8

56.8 60.0 22.1

80.6 73.1 37.3

91.0 95.1 56.5

STATE 21,767 375 309 21.6 12.0 59.6 81.8 93.7

•In some counties the number of terminated cases may differ slightly, and will be lower than figures appearing on other tables in this report. Differences are due to unmatched master forms which may have been submitted on cases prior to 1975.

65

TABLE CC-23 EQUITY — AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION BY AGE OF CASES


FISCAL 1980

NUMBER OF

CASES*

AVERAGE FILING TO

All Cases

IN DAYS DISPOSITION

Excluding Cases Over 721


61 Days

181 Days

361 Days

721 Days

1081 Days

FIRST CIRCUIT


763 315 1560 713

95 201 103 181

72 80 78 129

62.5 54.8 61.2 42.0

88.1 78.0 85.6 72.9

94.2 86.4 92.7 84.8

97.2 89.6 97.4 93-9

99.6 93-3 99.7 98.7

SECOND CIRCUIT


378 nil 225 1)51 319

150 126 177 121 192

108 107 141 103 151

40.5 52.7 33-3 52.1 34.8

78.3 79.1 73.3 79.8 66.1

89.4 90.5 85.3 89.8 84.3

95.2 97.6 96.0 97.8 94.7

98.4 99.6 98.2 100.0 99-1

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

7953 1638

432 212

213 167

17.5 33.2

43.8 64.8

57.9 79.9

76.1 94.2

90.0 99.1

FOURTH CIRCUIT


766 St? 1216

187 202 197

139 174 155

34.2 33.7 34.5

70.1 67.4 66.9

86.2 79.5 83.1

94.6 96.3 94.7

98.4 99.1 98.8

FIFTH CIRCUIT


5H5H 101)6 1649

207 211 328

125 176 185

38.8 25.2 19.0

70.7 61.5 52.9

84.9 83.4 68.7

92.4 96.7 82.2

96.4 98.9 95.3

SIXTH CIRCUIT


1578 3808

180 251

130 209

39.1 13-9

74.4 52.2

85.2 77.9

94.1 94.4

98.9 98.8

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


173 788 8592 748

136 195 191 230

115 151 159 192

46.7 29.4 26.0 26.1

77.6 68.7 67.2 59.5

90.1 84.0 86.1 77.7

97.7 94.2 96.4 94.9

99-4 99.4 99.1 99.1

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City CC1 CC2

6452 11,002

464 345

210 168

14.6 26.6

42.8 53.6

59.4 71.0

73.2 82.5

85.4 91.2

STATE 59,435 286 165 27-6 59.2 75.5 87.5 94.5


66

TABLE CC-24 CRIMINAL — AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION BY AGE OF CASES


FISCAL 1980

NUMBER



OF CASES* All Cases

Excluding Cases Over 360

61 Days

91 Days

121 Days

181 Days

361 Days

FIRST CIRCUIT


111 139 1472 250

98 91 88 131

96 91 76 106

11.9 22.3 11.5 25.6

53.2 56.1 68.2 18.1

83.7 80.6 83.3 61.1

92.9 95.0 91.1 83.6

99.3 100.0 97.7 96.0

SECOND CIRCUIT


118 316 82 123 182

111 151 121 133 131

98 131 103 121 111

21.2 7.5 17.1 11.1 13-7

50.8 21.7 10.2 33-3 31.1

72.0 17.1 63.1 52.8 63.7

91.1 78.3 86.6 82.1 83.5

97.5 95.1 95.1 96.7 93-1

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

16011 759

156 201

101 117

30.1 12.6

51.7 27.5

61.5 12.3

79.2 60.2

92.0 88.9

FOURTH CIRCUIT


286 81

861

111 181 157

93 135 139

38.5 9.5 9.1

52.1 19.0 23.0

65.7 12.9 10.1

82.9 72.6 71.6

92.7 90.5 96.1

FIFTH CIRCUIT


2090 697 871

113 175 168

119 137 128

17-2 9.2 22.8

31.9 25.5 38.8

57.2 11.3 51.0

79.1 68.1 69.3

91.7 91.0 91.6

SIXTH CIRCUIT


173 1360

119 155

91 125

10.0 25-0

51.2 37.2

68.9 18.9

87.3 72.2

91.7 91.8

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


217 951 2801 176

171 123 171 108

106 113 111 106

20.3 15-9 11.9 21.1

17.5 37.0 26.1 13.8

61.1 55.6 12.6 67.6

78.8 88.1 68.0 86.1

89.1 97.6 92.5 99.1

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City" 13,367 156 136 9.0 16.6 37.6 79.1 96.2

STATE" 31,153 155 127 16.1 29.6 17.9 77.7 91.6

•In some counties the number of terminated cases may differ slightly, and will be lower than figures appearing on other tables in this report. Differences are due to unmatched master forms which may have been submitted on oases prior to 1975.

••Calculated from limited case information on the automated data base. These figures do not agree with others in this report in regards to the number of criminal terminations in Baltimore City and the State.

67

TABLE CC-25 JUVENILE — AVERAGE DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION BY AGE OF CASES


FISCAL 1980

NUMBER OF

CASES*



All Cases Excluding Cases

Over 271 31

Days 61

Days 121

Days 181

Days 271

Days 361

Days

FIRST CIRCUIT

Dorchester Somerset Wicoraico Worcester

195 71 159 133

52 59 59 80

22 36 34 44

71.3 66.2 56.0 46.6

90.8 74.6 86.2 75.9

95.9 88.7 94.3 88.7

96.9 90.1 95.6 95.5

96.9 94.4 96.9 96.2

96.9 95.8 97-5 97.0

SECOND CIRCUIT


78 21)8 78 85 120

50 42 69 46 36

33 38 39 40 36

51.3 38.7 55.1 49.4 46.7

89-7 90.7 79.5 78.8 87.5

96.2 94.4 89.7 94.7 100.0

96.2 97.2 96.2 96.5 100.0

96.2 98.8 96.2 98.8 100.0

97.4 100.0 96.2 98.8 100.0

THIRD CIKCUIT

Baltimore Harford

2151 665

80 93

69 72

18.8 16.8

52.3 44.2

84.6 82.1

93.1 93.1

97.3 96.2

98.7 97.3

FOURTH CIRCUIT


102 130 503

21 67 28

20 51 27

83.3 53.8 69.2

92.5 70.0 89.5

98.0 86.2 98.0

99.0 87.7 98.6

99.8 95.4 99.6

99.8 95.4 100.0

FIFTH CIRCUIT


1513 528 1)20

115 64 91

82 49 53

16.4 33.9 35.0

33.5 71.4 64.0

73.1 92.0 83.6

87.0 94.7 88.6

92.3 97.2 91.9

95.5 97.9 94.8

SIXTH CIRCUIT


195 2700

67 306

51 68

42.1 25.3

71.8 34.1

90.3 60.4

93-3 72.2

97.9 76.7

98.5 80.6

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


323 427

4431) 241

104 75 64 67

56 69 60 54

16.1 11.9 30.9 17.4

55.4 45.7 .58.3 56.4

82.0 89.0 87.4 96.7

84.2 97.7 95.9 97.5

87.3 96.6 93.9 97-9

92.0 99.1 99.4 99.2

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 12,881 78 53 34.4 66.1 90.1 94.5 96.6 97.7

STATE 28,680 97 57 32.0 59.8 85.7 92.1 94.9 96.3


68

TABLE CC-26 JUVENILE DISPOSITIONS

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

ra 2 c o •H

O •H X> n •H L, 3 -5

•o 0) n «

•H S m •H a

c o •H

.n o t.

c o -w

•H C jj 0) 3 a -H -^ 4J B n a c o

n

o c u u 10

3* ^ C o o C -H 0 U a H

n t. o a) a .c m *> H O XJ

o

(0 D o •o 01 lM

FIRST CIRCUIT 73 20 158 57 26 221 558


27 9

11 26

2 3 1

ID

33 31 59 32

23 8 17 9

11 8 6 1

99 9

65 51

195 71 159 133

SECOND CIRCUIT 1(2 26 163 75 21 282 609


27 6 5 0

0 16 2 1 7

21 16 10 19 61

10 33 5 6

21

0 1

11 0 6

10 122 11 51 22

78 218 78 85 120

THIRD CIRCUIT 55 33 1012 167 208 1311 2816

Baltimore Harford

50 5

12 21

752 260

119 18

101 107

1117 221

2151 665

FOURTH CIRCUIT 27 19 313 153 35 158 1035


3 1

20

1 3 15

102 33

208

27 18

108

8 10 17

261 62 135

102 130 503

FIFTH CIRCUIT 1)1 85 783 215 369 911 2161


17 6 18

71 0 11

551 111 115

119 30 66

359 3 7

360 375 206

1513 528 123

SIXTH CIRCUIT 27 371 395 126 232 1752 2903


12 15

6 365

79 316

10 86

3 229

55 1697

195 2708

SEVENTH CIRCUIT 8M 358 1859 111 231 2150 5126


3 8

73 0

8 0

317 3

150 155

1168 86

28 17

380 16

10 22 186 16

121 225 1981 120

323 127

1135 211

EIGHTH CIRCUIT 671 316 2851 958 262 7839 12,900

Baltimore City 671 316 2851 958 262 7839 12,900

STATE TOTALS 1020 1228 7567 2??? 1387 15,287 28,711

•Includes Juvenile causes disposed of by informal action.

69

TABLE CC-27 POPULATION AND CASELOAD PER CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

AS OF JUNE 30, 1980

FISCAL 1980

NUMBER OF JUDGES*

POPULATION PER JUDGE"

CASES FILED PER JUDGE CIVIL CRIMINAL

CASES TERMINATED PER JUDGE CIVIL CRIMINAL

FIRST CIRCUIT


1 1 2 2

31,100 20,100 31,700 11,550

1213 157 169 119 1020 211 611 168

1113 111 515 139 983 236 651 125

SECOND CIRCUIT


1 2 1 1 1

23,200 28,200 16,600 21,500 26,900

518 100 829 231 373 81 628 119 571 155

523 118 815 173 361 82 631 123 585 182

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

10 3

61,690 51,600

1195 117 916 206

1311 160 931 253

FOURTH CIRCUIT


2 1 2

39,800 27,300 55,650

917 138 632 93 1220 387

697 113 626 81 1069 130

FIFTH CIRCUIT


9 2 3

12,355 18,550 13,566

1195 212 1009 297 818 220

1082 232 1085 318 992 290

SIXTH CIRCUIT


2 11

55,850 53,890

1113 231 758*" 117

1012 236 552*" 123

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


1 2 13

1

31,000 36,100 51,192 55,300

1182 170 810 138 1310 209 1210 178

1015 217 719 175 1230 215 1206 176

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 23 33,352 1508 918 1591 1032

STATE 97 13,539 1510 102 1516 131

•Number of Judges as of June 30, 1980. ••Population Estimate for July 1, 1980 issued by the Maryland Center for Health Statistics.

•••Juvenile causes not included since they are heard at the District Court level. Juvenile causes in all other counties are included in the civil category.

70


CASES FILED AND TERMINATED PER JUDGE

FILED TERMINATED •

Civil* Criminal Civil* Criminal

1975-76 1068 . 397 N/A N/A

1976-77 1091 508 1031 U80

1977-78 1080 397 915 361

1978-79 1162 128 1011 403

1979-80 1510 402 1516 431

•Juvenile causes in Montgomery County are not included since they are heard at the District Court level. Juvenile causes in all other counties are included in the civil category.

71

TABLE CC-29 CASES FILED IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

PER THOUSAND POPULATION

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980

FISCAL 1980

POPULATION* CIVIL CRIMINAL TOTAL

FIRST CIRCUIT


31,100 20,100 63,100 29,100

39 23 32 11

5 7 8

11

11 30 10 55

SECOND CIRCUIT


23,200 56,100 16,600 21,500 26,900

22 29 22 26 21

1 8 5 5 6

26 37 27 31 27

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

616,900 151,800

19 18

6 1

25 22

FOURTH CIRCUIT


79,600 27,300 111,300

23 23 22

3 3 7

26 26 29

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Anne Arundei Carroll Howard

381,200 97,100 130,700

28 21 19

5 6 5

33 27 21

SIXTH CIRCUIT

Frederick Montgomery**

111,700 592,800

20 11

1 3

21 17

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


31,000 72,200 669,100 55,300

35 22 26 22

5 12 1 3

10 31 30 25

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 767,100 15 28 73

STATE 1,223,300 26 9 35

•Population estimate for July 1, 1980, issued by the Maryland Center for Health Statistics.

**Juvenile causes heard at the District Court level are not included.

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TABLE CC-30 RATIO OF JURY TRIALS TO POPULATION

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

Number of Per 1,000 Jury Trials Population Population

FIRST CIRCUIT

Dorchester 22 31,100 .70 Somerset 36 20,100 1.76 Wicomioo 71 63,100 1.17 Worcester 9 29,100 • 31

SECOND CIRCUIT

Caroline 11 23,200 .17 Cecil 75 56,100 1.33 Kent 19 16,600 1.11 Queen Anne's 15 21,500 .61 Talbot 10 26,900 • 37

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore 120 616,900 .19 Harford 88 151,800 .57

FOURTH CIRCUIT

Allegany 51 79,600 .61 Garrett 7 27,300 .26 Washington 121 111,300 1.09

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Anne Arundel 272 381,200 .71 Carroll 31 97,100 • 32 Howard 170 130,700 1.30

SIXTH CIRCUIT

Frederick W 111,700 • 39 Montgomery 235 592,800 .10

SEVENTH CIRCUIT

Calvert 33 31,000 • 97 Charles 56 72,200 .77 Prince George's 157 669,100 .68 St. Mary's 16 55,300 .83

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 660 767,100 .86

STATE 2662 1,223,300 .63

73

90000

80000-

70000-

60000-

50000

40000 -

30000-

20000

10000

TABLE CC-31 FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE GRAPH

CIVIL CASES FILED*

TOTAL

EQUITY

LAW

1975-76 1976-77

*Does not include Juvenile Causes

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

74

TABLE CC-32 APPEALS FROM DISTRICT COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980

FISCAL 1980

LAW CRIMINAL TOTAL

DISTRICT COURT On

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES TOTAL

MOTOR VEHICLE OTHER TOTAL

DeNovo Record

FIRST CIRCUIT


2 0 7 2

6 2 12 9

81 3

28 18

89

1? 29

8 11 0 6

27 37 15 21

22 6

61 69

111 11

111 98

SECOND CIRCUIT


0 6 0 0 5

3 0 3 2 7

1 29 8 12 2

7 35 11 11 11

6 5 32 30

1 2 5 7 12 15

11 62 3 12 27

18 97 11 26 11

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

55 15

100 17

259 53

111 85

113 272 56 15

685 101

1099 186

FOURTH CIRCUIT


5 1

10

29 1

15

36 1

69

70 3

91

51 17 12 2 30 36

98 11 66

168 17

160

FIFTH CIRCUIT


in 7 10

51 13 18

178 31 '41

213 51 72

113 126 71 31 87 11

239 105 128

182 156 200

SIXTH CIRCUIT


5 39

U 52

30 188

39 279

12 15 123 63

57 186

96 165

SEVFNTH CIRCUIT


2 5

91 1

2 12 79 0

20 18

156 12

21 35

326 13

9 11 27 25 95 110 12 16

20 52

235 28

11 87

561 11

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 82 115 1111 1338 -2089- 2089 3127

STATE TUTALS 361 582 2391 3337 -1379- 1379 7716

75

TABLE CC-33

FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE CHART APPEALS FROM DISTRICT COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

16000-

14000-

12000-

10000-

— DISTRICT COURT

-- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

Q CRIMINAL JURY TRIALS PRAYED (Data for years prior to 1977-78 not available)

16,787

15,358

11,999

6000- ^^^^^ 6168^"""^^^

5575 ^ 5474

5013

4000-

2000-

-^""^ 1985

1373 1543 1834

0 l I I I

5325

2391

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 ~l

1978-79 1979-80

76


APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT


37 1

16 5

H8 14

11 13

83 5 17 9

81 0

21 11

81 • 3 28 18

SECOND CIRCUIT


14 21 5 6 1

3 9 6 9 8

3 20 6 8 12

3 21 6 9 6

1 29 8

12 2

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

182 33

205 17

291 15

208 18

259 53

FOURTH CIRCUIT


32 2

37

38 8

37

15 5

57

28 6

60

36 1

69

FIFTH CIRCUIT


75 23 32

103 21 UO

178 51 58

156 32 11

178 31 in

SIXTH CIRCUIT


3? 150

in 125

18 137

20 110

30 188

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


17 10

1214 21

13 10

167 11

22 9

135 5

21 13

119 10

20 18

156 12

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 167 593 766 729 1111

STATE 1333 1513 1985 1831 2391

77


APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT


33 18 82 56

23 22 63 71

10 7

81 50

29 11 62 52

30 8

83 80

SECOND CIRCUIT


13 70 21 23 It)

19 51 19 20 26

16 81 12 16 13

12 58 9 12 11

11 68 6

11 39

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

536 129

780 153

666 121

805 166

810 133

FOURTH CIRCUIT


128 12

113

91 11 97

90 5

81

91 17 95

132 16 91

FIFTH CIRCUIT


121 85 195

153 121 215

380 157 192

289 103 152

301 125 156

SIXTH CIRCUIT


91 318

69 328

60 311

109 235

66 277

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


21 38

379 36

27 16

291 28

17 70

371 32

21 77 331 3t

21 69

105 29

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 2701 3138 2563 2196 2316

STATE 5575 6168 5171 5013 5325

78


HABEAS CORPUS AND POST CONVICTION CASES FILED

HABEAS CORPUS POST CONVICTION

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

FIRST CIRCUIT


8 3 1

2 0 2 1

8 0 1 1

3 2 0 1

3 1 1 5

4 3 4 3

11 1

13 8

8 1

10 9

2 0

11 0

1 0 3 0

SECOND CIRCUIT


0 10 2 1) 1

2 7 0 0 II

3 11 0 9 5

1 6 1 3 2

0 6 0 2 0

9 10

1 1 2

6 14 0 6 0

4 13 0 14 17

0 8 0 6 1

2 8 0 1 2

THIRD CIRCUIT

Baltimore Harford

108 7

46 1

45 3

19 1

70 5

50 4

118 18

84 8

42 8

42 3

FOURTH CIRCUIT


0 3 8

0 1 6

0 0 8

0 0 3

0 0 0

0 2 6

0 5 2

0 3 3

1 0 6

0 1

10

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Anne Arundel Carroll Hovrard

19 16 31

23 16 25

31 26 10

13 25 8

6 17 6

10 3 0

14 2 0

25 1 0

9 2 3

4 0 4

SIXTH CIRCUIT


3 HO

0 10

3 12

0 11

1 1

2 10

4 10

2 15

10 4

7 1

SEVENTH CIRCUIT


2 5

1|

2 2

28 1

1 l|

31 1

7 2

25 3

5 2

24 7

I 58 0

0 11 80 0

0 10 74 0

15 5

52 0

6 5

62 0

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Baltimore City 202 213 238 181 262 334 118 292 224 226

STATE 528 055 1)81 3^7 424 529 441 593 409 388

L_

79 .

TABLE CC-37 APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW OF CRIMINAL SENTENCES

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

Terminated

Considered and Disposed Of

Filed During Year

Withdrawn by Applicant

Original Sentence Unchanged

Original Sentence Increased

Original Sentence Decreased

FIRST CIRCUIT Dorchester Somerset Wioomico Worcester

1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0

1 0

0

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

SECOND CIRCUIT Caroline Cecil Kent Oueen Anne's Talbot

1 8 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

2 6 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

THIRD CIRCUIT Baltimore Harford

18 8

0 0

21 10

0 0

5 0

FOURTH CIRCUIT Allegany Garrett Washington

3 1

21

0 0 3

1 1

13

0 0 0

0 0 1

FIFTH CIRCUIT Anne Arundel Carroll Howard

38 8 0

2 0 0

18 2 1

0 0 0

0 0 0

SIXTH CIRCUIT Frederick Montgomery 19

2 7

14 18

0 2

2 5

SEVENTH CIRCUIT Calvert Charles Prince George's St. Mary's

2 2

DO 8

1 0 2 1

0 2

24 8

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

EIGHTH CIRCUIT Baltimore City 83 2 90 0 0

STATE 270 20 226 2 13

80

THE DISTRICT COURT

THE DISTRICT COURT

The District Court processed 581,488 motor vehicle

cases and 458,726 civil cases during Fiscal 1980.

Statistics for criminal cases were unavailable at the time

of publication due to data processing problems. Not

included in the above figures were 2,527 juvenile filings

in the District Court for Montgomery County.

Statewide, 178,284 motor vehicle cases were tried,

with the balance of 403,204 being disposed of without

trial by payment or forfeiture. The reader should be

aware of the fact that 87,770 motor vehicle cases paid in

District 6 (Montgomery County) or 8 (Baltimore County) are

included in the total caseload (see Table DC-2) but are

not included in the figures for those two districts since

separate tabulations could not be made. Baltimore County

registered the most motor vehicle trials, 39,286 followed

by Baltimore City with 33,488 and Prince George's County

with 27,214. The smallest number was recorded in Kent

County with 226.

Civil filings increased by 8.3 percent from 1978-79

to 1979-80. Baltimore City recorded the most civil

actions filed with 169,273, 36.9 percent of the statewide

83

total. All counties noted increases in civil filings

except one, Kent. Landlord and tenant disputes accounted

for 70.4 percent of the total civil caseload.

Statistical charts reflecting the caseload of the

District Court will be found on the following pages.

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TABLE DC-1 MOTOR VEHICLE AND CIVIL CASES FILED OR PROCESSED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

MOTOR- VEHICLE CIVIL TOTAL

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 61,060 169,273 230,333

DISTRICT 2 Dorchester Somerset Wiconico Worcester

1J860 3265

12,006 9537

1819 817 3695 1683

6679 1112

15,701 11,220

DISTRICT 3 Caroline Cecil Kent Queen Anne's Talbot

3120 29,169

1765 1956 5320

895 1189 572 930 911

1015 30,958

2337 5886 6231

DISTRICT t Calvert Charles St. Mary's

6266 10,515 7275

1276 1867 1663

7512 12,382 8938

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 109,131 111,893 221,327

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 17,521 37,395 51,919

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 39,685 25,963 65,618

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 18,123 66,107 111,830

DISTRICT 9 Harford 21,153 7539 31,692

DISTRICT 10 Carroll Howard

8679 26,217

2797 6251

11,176 32,171

DISTRICT 11 Frederick Washington

. 21,722 19,598

3539 1935

28,261 21,533

DISTRICT 12 Allegany Garrett

11,123 1716

1106 675

12,529 5121

STATE 581,188* 158,726 1,010,211

•Total includes 87,770 cases paid in Districts 6 or 8 that were not tabulated by separate jurisdiction.

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TABLE DC-2 MOTOR VKHICLK CASES PROCKSSED BY Till-:

DISTRICT COURT OK MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

CASES TRIED* CASES PAID" TOTAL CASES

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 33,188 27,57? 61,060

DISTRICT 2 Dorchester Somerset Wicomico Worcester

909 130

2101 1721

3951 2835 9905 7816

1860 3265

12,006 9537


558 3585 226 668 1212

2562 25,881

1539 1288 1108

3120 29,169

1765 1956 5320

DISTRICT 1 Ca1 vert Charles St. Mary's

1316 1638 1161

1920 8877 6111

6266 10,515 7275

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 27,211 82,220 109,131

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 11,001 3520 17,521

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 19,392 20,293 39,685

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 39,286 9137 18,123

DISTRICT 9 Harford 7657 16,196 21,153


3116 8061

5563 18,156

8679 26,217


1087 2625

20,635 16,973

2H,722 19,598


2971 822

8119 3921

11,123 1716

STATE 178,281 103,201|»*« 58l,188«*

•Includes guilty, not guilty, and probation before judgment.

"•Includes collateral forfeited and citations paid without court appearance.

•••Totals include 87,770 cases paid in Districts 6 or 8 that were not tabulated by separate jurisdiction.

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TABLE DC-3 CIVIL CASES FILED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

LANDLORD AND TENANT CASES

CONTRACT AND TORT CASES

OTHER CASES

Filed Hearings

Held

TOTALS

Filed Contested Filed Contested Filed Contested

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 131,601 13,858 33,857 3269 3812 731 169,273 17,858


537 81

1165 186

10 52 13 62

1162 655 2210 1333

83 119 181 166

120 111 320 161

12 61

225 91

1819 135 817 232 3695 122 1683 319


96 293 61 63 97

51 186 22 11 17

739 1091 176 810 759

133 611 11 30 81

60 105 35 57 58

15 31 7 5

28

895 502 1189 861 572 70 930 16 911 129

DISTRICT 1 Calvert Charles St. Mary's

58 252 291

27 33 85

1132 1337 1230

113 115 157

86 278 112

31 135 19

1276 171 1867 313 1663 291

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 91,6115 6900 20,597 2888 2651 868 111,893 10,656

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery* 22,102 870 13,567 1186 1126 86 37,395 2112

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 15,185 1580 9870 1205 908 562 25,963 3317

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 19,256 1872 15,139 3010 2012 1070 66,107 5952

DISTRICT 9 Harford 3385 215 3886 321 268 18 7539 587


706 3276

59 199

1816 2616

122 875

215 332

38 75

2797 219 6251 1119


902 1277

71 131

2212 3380

199 186

395 278

16 71

3539 316 1935 391


155 36

63 1

1202 620

273 35

19 19

32 5

1106 368 675 11

STATE 323,009 26,397 121,786 16,071 13,931 1355 158,726 16,823

•Juvenile Causes not included.

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TABLE DC-4 KIVE YKAR COMPAFATIVK TABLK

MOTOR VEHiaE, CRIMINAL, AND CIVIL CASES FILED IN THE DISTRICT COURT*

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 302,102 302,507 295,798 270,162 230,333


7596 1569

13,690 11,590

9569 6261)

1i), 281 10,563

8786 6191

15,192 9290

6620 1767

16,117 9701

6679 1112

15,701 11,220

DISTRICT 3 Caroline Cecil Kent Oueen Anne's Talbot

1)117 33,81D

3355 6i|i)i) 7739

7058 31,101

3829 7337 7272

5777 38,651

3770 6988 6991

1668 33,365

3652 6285 6562

1015 30,958

2337 5886 6231

DISTRICT H Calvert Charles St. Mary's

8052 13,781) 10,081)

7100 12,780 9010

7955 12,531 8818

7111 12,357 9817

7512 12,382 8938

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 206,881) 236,811 211,791 227,970 221,327

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 118,26H 105,803 105,368 111,277 51,919

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 70,D05 72,735 71,106 73,023 65,618

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 11)9,638 161,337 183,751 181,507 111,830

DISTRICT 9 Harford 1)2,019 11,060 38,232 31,628 31,692


13,755 26,038

13,928 28,153

11,931 32,175

11,813 33,309

11,176 32,171


26,336 25,177

25,031 22,908

29,112 23,132

26,993 22,816

28,261 21,533


11,329 1)280

10,118 1671

10,153 1619

11,796 5275

12,529 5121

STATE 1,121,061 1,155,525 1,182,707 1,110,951 1,010,211"

•Criminal figures not included in 1979-80.

"Total includes 87,770 motor vehicle cases paid in Districts 6 or 8 that were not tabulated by separate jurisdiction.

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TABLE DC-5 FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE TABLE

MOTOR VEHICLE CASES PROCESSED BY THE DISTRICT COURT

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 100,050 93,880 90,861 69,892 61,060


5500 3078 9961 8503

7168 11678 9962 7172

6560 4944

11,068 6457

4469 3491

11,551 6986

4860 3265

12,006 9537


3271 31,229

2111 5719 6612

6106 31,636

2778 6579 6168

4806 35,898

2945 6142 5805

3739 30,559

2753 5279 5315

3120 29,469

1765 1956 5320


68811 11,288 7761

6025 10,294 6795

6555 9960 6719

5917 9610 7639

6266 10,515 7275

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 126,487 136,958 132,588 112,121 109,131

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 86,35U 69,675 65,661 72,674 17,521

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 115,8H7 46,562 45,100 44,143 39,685

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 95,763 102,687 119,552 116,341 48,423

DISTRICT 9 Harford 31,631 32,966 29,968 26,319 24,153


11,01)8 20,396

11,127 22,151

11,862 25,448

11,137 25,696

8679 26,217


22,025 20,793

20,775 18,263

24,751 18,073

22,094 17,035

24,722 19,598


8511 3188

7768 3713

7900 3622

9142 4203

11,123 4746

STATE 677,673 672,516 683,245 628,408 581,488*

•Total includes 87,770 cases paid in Districts 6 or 8 that were not tabulated by separate jurisdiction.

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TABLE DC-6 FOUR YEAR COMPARATIVE TABLE

CRIMINAL CASES BY THE NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS CHARGED

PROCESSED IN THE DISTRICT COURT*

1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City t6,277 17,362 11,502 35,617


1120 787 1720 1615

1160 783 1965 1519

965 578 1359 1319

710 519 1327 1066


U36 1137 100 298 601

125 1581 399 287 561

371 1500 301 286 582

210 1388 321 256 613


622 1559 1111

685 1258 1113

193 1161 963

176 1139 921

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 13,363 13,939 10,868 8282

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 6582 7858 8380 5298

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 8830 8065 7907 7037

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 11,572 10,797 11,271 12,121

DISTRICT 9 Harford 2399 2575 2283 2273


917 1980

1111 1999

1167 2231

1061 1909


2319 1986

2161 1939

1950 1852

1786 2111


1858 391

1701 391

1126 115

1509 163

STATE 110,576 111,673 101,202 88,839

•Figures for 1979-80 not available.

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TABLE DC-7

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City



DISTRICT I Calvert Charles St. Mary's

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore

DISTRICT 9 Harford




STATE

FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE TABLE

FILED CIVIL CASES

IN THE DISTRICT COURT

1975-76

155,775

976 701

2009 111)2

110 1118 511 127 193

516 937 882

67,031

25,328

15,728

12,303

1989

1760 3662

1992 2398

930 398

332,812

1976-77

161,265

1211 803

2357 1512

527 1181 652 17.1 510

690 1228 1132

85,911

28,270

18,108

17,853

5519

1690 1003

2098 2706

976 510

1977-78

163,135

1261 669 3065 1181

597 1256 521 560 601

907 1110 1166

98,335

31,327

18,399

52,931

5981

1902 1793

2111 3507

1127 582

371,336 398,260

1978-79

161,623

1111 727

3239 1619

719 1118 575 750 631

1018 1608 1287

107,261

36,305

21,813

55,712

6036

2615 5701

3113 3610

1115 609

123,701

1979-80

169,273

1819 817 3695 1683

895 1189 572 930 911

1276 1867 1663

111,893

37,395

25,963

66,107

7539

2797 6251

3539 1935

1106 675

158,726

91

TABLE DC-8 POPULATION AND CASELOAD PER DISTRICT COURT JUDGE*

AS OF JUNE 30, 1980

FISCAL 1980

NUMBER OF

JUDGES

POPULATION PER

JUDGE**

CASES FILED PER JUDGE

Civil Motor Vehicle Total

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 22 34,868 7694 2775 10,469


1 1 1 1

31,^00 20,100 63,100 29,100

1819 847 3695 1683

4860 3265

12,006 9537

6679 4112

15,701 11,220


1 2 1 1 1

23,200 28,200 16,600 21,500 26,900

895 745 572 930 914

3120 14,735

1765 4956 5320

4015 15,480 2337 5886 6234


1 1 1

34,000 72,200 55,300

1276 1867 1663

6266 10,515 7275

7542 12,382 8938

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 9 74,378 12,766 12,159 24,925

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 7"» 84,686 5342 2503**" 7845

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 6 63,533 4327 6614 10,941

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 12 53,908 5534 4035**** 9569

DISTRICT 9 Harford 3 51,600 2513 8051 10,564


2 2

48,550 65,350

1399 3127

4340 13,109

5739 16,236


2 2

55,850 55,650

1770 2468

12,361 9799

14,131 12,267


2 1

39,800 27,300

703 675

5562 4746

6265 5421

STATE 83 50,883 5527 7006 12,533

•Chief Judge of District Court not included in statistics. Criminal filings not included Number of Judges as of June 30, 1980.

••Population Estimate for July 1, 1980, issued by the Maryland Center for Health Statistics.

•••Two Juvenile Court judges and Juvenile Causes omitted as included in Juvenile statistics. ••••Figures do not include taking into consideration the 87,770 paid cases that could not be

tabulated by separate jurisdiction.

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TABLE DC-9 CASES FILED OR PROCESSED IN THE DISTRICT COURT

PER THOUSAND POPULATION

JULY 1, 1979 - JUNE 30, 1980 FISCAL 1980

POPULATION* CIVIL MOTOR VEHICLE TOTAL

DISTRICT 1 Baltimore City 767,100 220 79 299

DISTRICT 2 Dorchester Somerset Wlcomico Worcester

31,100 20,100 63,100 29,100

58 11 58 58

155 160 189 328

213 201 217 386


23,200 56,100 16,600 21,500 26,900

39 26 31 38 31

135 522 106 202 198

171 518 110 210 232


31,000 72,200 55,300

37 26 30

181 115 131

221 171 161

DISTRICT 5 Prince George's 669,100 172 163 335

DISTRICT 6 Montgomery 592,800 63 30" 93

DISTRICT 7 Anne Arundel 381,200 68 101 172

DISTRICT 8 Baltimore 616,900 103 75" 178

DISTRICT 9 Harford 151,800 19 156 205


97,100 130,700

29 18

89 201

118 219


111,700 111,300

32 11

221 176

253 220


79,600 27,300

18 25

110 171

158 199

STATE 1,223,300 109 138 217

•Population estimate for July 1, 1980, issued by the Maryland Center for Health Statistics. Criminal figures not included.

••Figures do not include taking into consideration the 87,770 paid cases that could not be tabulated by separate jurisdiction.

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1 I 1

APPENDIX

COMPARISON OF RATE IN FILINGS AND GROWTH IN JUDGESHIPS IN THE COURTS OF MARYLAND

I I I I I I I

1975-76 1979-80 Percent Qiange

COURT OF APPEALS Number of Judges Filings During Year

7 166

7 119

0.0$ -10.2$

COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Number of Judges Filings During.Year

12 1127

13 1771

+8.3$ +21.1$

CIRCUIT COURTS Number of Judges Filings During Year

85 121,275

97 151,916

+11.1$ +22.3$

DISTRICT COURT Number of Judges Filings During Year*

83 1,121,061

86 N/A

+3.6$

OVERALL TOTALS Number of Judges Filings During Year

187 1,216,929

203 N/A

+8.5$

•Includes criminal figures tabulated on a defendant basis rather than by offense.

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THE STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS

The Hon. Jerrold V. Powers, Chairman (Retired Judge, Court of Special Appeals)

Charles H. Dorsey, Jr., Esquire, Maltimore City Bar

William H. Price, II, Esquire, Talbot County Bar

William F. Abell, Jr., Esquire, Montgomery County Bar

David C. Daneker, Esquire, Baltimore City Bar

M. Natalie McSherry, Esquire, Baltimore City Bar

J. Frederick Sharer, Esquire, Allegany County Bar

Results of examinations given by the State Board of Law Examiners during Fiscal Year 1980 are as follows:

EXAMINATION

NUMBER OF

CANDIDATES

TOTAL SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TAKING

FIRST TIME

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES PASSING

FIRST TIME*

SUMER 1979 (July) 652 412 (63.19$) 506 369 (72.92$)

Graduates University of Baltimore 210 106 (50.47*) 138 84 (60.86$)

Graduates University of Maryland 206 149 (72.33*) 176 139 (78.97$)

Graduates Out-of-State Law Schools 236 157 (66.52?) 192 146 (76.04$)

WINTER 1980 (February) D29 251 (58.50$) 219 148 (67.57$)

Graduates University of

Baltimore 157 83 (52.86$) 62 42 (67.74$)

Graduates University of

Maryland 80 50 (62.50$) 29 20 (68.96$)

Graduates Out-of-State Law Schools 192 118 (61.45$) 128 86 (67-18$)

•Percentages are based upon the number of first-time candidates.

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Hon. A. James Smith, Clerk, Circuit Court for Wicomico County

Melvin J. Sykes, Esq., Baltimore City Bar

Arnold M. Weiner, Esq., Baltimore City Bar

Prof. Larry S. Gibson, Reporter

Linda Richards, Assistant Reporter

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THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Hon. David Ross, Chairman; Supreme Bench of Baltimore City

Hon. Robert M. Bell, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City

Hon. J. Louis Boublitz, District Court for Washington County

Lowell R. Bowen, Esq., Baltimore City Bar

Robert R. Bowie, Esq., Talbot County Bar

Albert D. Brault, Esq., Montgomery County Bar

Hon. Jerome F. Connell, State Senator, Anne Arundel County

Leo William Dunn, Jr., Esq., Prince George's County Bar

William A. Franch, Esq., Anne Arundel County Bar

Judson P. Garrett, Jr., Esq., Chief Legislative Officer to the Governor

John 0. Herrmann, Esq., Baltimore City Bar

Hon. Frederick W. Invernizzi, District Court for Baltimore City (retired)

Alexander G. Jones, Esq., Somerset County Bar

Dean Michael J. Kelly, University of Maryland School of Law

James J. Lombard!, Esq., Prince George's County Bar

Hon. John F. McAuliffe, Circuit Court for Montgomery County

Paul V. Niemeyer, Esq., Baltimore City Bar

George A. Nilson, Esq., Deputy Attorney General of Maryland

Anne C. Ogletree, Esq., Caroline County Bar

Hon. Joseph E. Owens, Chairman, Judiciary Committee, House of Delegates of Maryland

Hon. Kenneth C. Proctor, Circuit Court for Baltimore County (retired); Emeritus

Robert J. Ryan, Esq., Baltimore County Bar

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APPELLATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION

H. Vernon Eney, Esq., Chairman

John W. T. Webb, Esq. E. Scott Moore, Esq. James J. Cromwell, Esq. A. Lee Haislip, Jr., Esq. James B. Dudley, Esq. Robert J. Thieblot, Esq.

Dorothy Startt Harry Ratrie Gloria Cole Dean John M. Sine George W. Settle, M.D,

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TRIAL COURT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS

First Judicial Circuit

John R. Purnell, Chairman

Lionel Bennett, Esq. Charles E. Hearne, Jr., Esq. Richard M. Matthews, Esq. Vaughn E. Richardson, Esq. Harold B. Gordy, Jr., Esq. Henry P. Walters, Esq.

Second Judicial Circuit

Walter Jones Audrey Stewart Norman Polk Harland Cottman Herman J. Stevens Calvin S. Dean

Doris P. Scott, Esq., Chairperson

L. Clark Ewing, Esq. Frank C. Sherrard, Esq. David C. Bryan, Esq. Ernest S. Cookerly, Esq. Roland C. Kent, Esq.

Third Judicial Circuit

Hugh M. Gordy Robert E. Bryson Joseph H. McLain, Ph.D, James 0. Pippin, Jr. J. Howard Anthony Grace McCool

James H. Cook, Esq., Chairman

Thomas G. Bodie, Esq. Alfred L. Brennan, Esq. Francis N. Iglehart, Jr. J. Earle Plumhoff, Esq. Richard A. Reid, Esq. Donald G. Smith, Esq.

Louis Akers Benedict A. Pokrywka

Esq. Sarah Whiting Eddie C. Brown Selena Gaskins Robert Plummer

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Fourth Judicial Circuit

F. Perry Smith, Jr., Chairman

W. Kennedy Boone, III, Esq. Irving M. Einbinder, Esq. W. Dwight Stover, Esq. John H. Urner, Esq. Thomas N. Berry, Esq. Robert H. Reinhart, Esq.

Fifth Judicial Circuit

David H. Miller, M.D. Anne L. Gormer Dorothy Lueba Lillian Tumbusch Joseph H. McElwee William L. Huff

Lewis Straughn Nippard, Esq., Chairman

Richard G. Anderson, Esq. James K. Carmody, Esq. William B. Dulany, Esq. John B. Wright, Esq. Martin B. Lessans, Esq. Thomas A. Garland, Esq.

Sixth Judicial Circuit

Walter E. Morgan Shirley Hager Hobbs Ruth Uhrig Thomas Yeager Marion Satterthwaite George Pettigrew

Alfred L. Scanlan, Esq., Chairman

Albert D. Brault, Esq. William M. Canby, Esq. Thomas L. Craven, Esq. James T. Wharton, Esq. Herbert L. Rollins, Esq Roger W. Titus, Esq.

Charles F. Wilding Joseph P. Burke Susan P. Messitte Miriam S. Raff Donald B. Rice Virginia Lewis, Ph.D,

Seventh Judicial Circuit

James C. Chapin, Esq., Chairman

Paul J. Bailey, Esq. Thomas F. Mudd, Esq. Thomas L. Starkey, Esq. Ralph W. Powers, Jr., Esq. Richard H. Sothoron, Jr., Esq. Benjamin R. Wolman, Esq.

Rev. Andrew Johnson Annette Funn Thomas Amenta John Knight Parlett Shirley E. Colleary Warren E. Barley

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Eighth Judicial Circuit

Shale D. Stiller, Esq., Chairman

Kathleen O'Ferrall Friedman, Esq. Pearl Cole Brackett, Ph.D, Andrew Jay Graham, Esq. William H. C. Wilson Theodore S. Miller, Esq. M. Gordon Wolman, Ph.D. Leroy W. Preston, Esq. Antonia Keane George L. Russell, Jr., Esq. Travis W. Vauls

Walter Vickers, Jr.

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