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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="4-302" title_number="4" title_name="District Court -- Jurisdiction" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Criminal Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 4–301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), and (25) of this subtitle, the District Court does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal case charging the commission of a felony.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in § 4-303 of this subtitle, the District Court does not have criminal jurisdiction to try a case in which a juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the juvenile court in any criminal case arising under the compulsory public school attendance laws of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the circuit court in a criminal case:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>In which the penalty may be confinement for 3 years or more or a fine of $2,500 or more; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>That is a felony, as provided in § 4–301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), and (25) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a circuit court does not have jurisdiction to try a case charging a violation of § 5–601 or § 5–620 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A circuit court does have jurisdiction to try a case charging a violation of § 5–601 or § 5–620 of the Criminal Law Article if the defendant:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Properly demands a jury trial;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Appeals as provided by law from a final judgment entered in the District Court; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Is charged with another offense arising out of the same circumstances that is within a circuit court’s jurisdiction.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The District Court is deprived of jurisdiction if a defendant is entitled to and demands a jury trial at any time prior to trial in the District Court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, unless the penalty for the offense with which the defendant is charged permits imprisonment for a period in excess of 90 days, a defendant is not entitled to a jury trial in a criminal case.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the presiding judge of the District Court may deny a defendant a jury trial if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The prosecutor recommends in open court that the judge not impose a penalty of imprisonment for a period in excess of 90 days, regardless of the permissible statutory or common law maximum;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The judge agrees not to impose a penalty of imprisonment for a period in excess of 90 days; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The judge agrees not to increase the defendant’s bond if an appeal is noted.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The State may not demand a jury trial.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article, the District Court does not have jurisdiction of an offense otherwise within the District Court’s jurisdiction if a person is charged:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>With another offense arising out of the same circumstances but not within the District Court’s jurisdiction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In the circuit court with an offense arising out of the same circumstances and within the concurrent jurisdictions of the District Court and the circuit court described under subsection (d) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the cases described under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the circuit court for the county has exclusive original jurisdiction over all the offenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
