WILSON v. STATE

No. 766, September Term, 1977.

39 Md. App. 113 (1978)

383 A.2d 77

KENNETH MAURICE WILSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Kathleen M. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, Sheldon Mazelis, Howard Grossfeld and John Denholm, Assistant State's Attorneys for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before LOWE, MELVIN and MASON, JJ.


LOWE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

"The powers and duties of [a] Court of Appeals, are defined and limited. It cannot entertain appellate jurisdiction except when prescribed by the law. Where it undertakes to review the proceedings of subordinate tribunals, the authority must be shown. It is also the province of the appellate Court to decide when an appeal lies, and not the Court from which the appeal is taken." Wylie v. Johnston, 29 Md. 298, 302...

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