January 2025 Maryland Certiorari Grants
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in five cases. (We’ve updated this post now that “Questions Presented” are publicly available for all five cases.)
Read More…December 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
The Supreme Court of Maryland yesterday granted certiorari in four appeals.
Read More…November 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
The Supreme Court of Maryland today granted review in four civil appeals and one criminal appeal.
Read More…October 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in two civil cases and one criminal case.
Read More…September 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in one criminal and one civil appeal.
Read More…August 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
Today the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in three appeals, including a case that Chris Mincher covered in his post, Coyle v. State: Ineffective Certiorari Counsel is Inconsequential. Today’s grants follow an earlier grant on August 12. The four grants, with questions presented, appear after the jump.
Read More…July 2024 Certiorari Grant
On Monday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in one criminal case, which was filed by a pro se petitioner.
Read More…June 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
On Monday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in one criminal case and five civil cases.
Read More…Maryland Certiorari Statistics, 2023 Term
The judiciary’s annual statistical reports give the overall grant rate for civil and criminal certiorari petitions. But, because unrepresented (pro se) parties file the majority of petitions each year, the overall statistics are not terribly helpful for lawyers in advising their clients regarding the odds of certiorari.
Below are the statistics for the Court’s 2023 Term (petitions docketed 3/1/2023 to 2/29/2024), alongside the statistics for the 2022 Term (3/1/2022 to 2/28/2023) and 2021 Term (3/1/2021 to 2/28/2022) for comparison.
Read More…May 2024 Maryland Certiorari Grants
Last week was an unusually busy week for Maryland certiorari grants. On May 28 and 31, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in six civil cases and one criminal case. Two are among the four cases to be argued on September 10 regarding the Maryland Child Victims Act of 2023.
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