Case Title: McIver v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 58/17

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2017-11-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
Circuit Court for Montgomery County 
Case No. 129971C 
 
 
 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
No. 58 
 
 
 
September Term, 2017 
 
 
 
          
CORNELIUS JOHN MCIVER 
 
 
v. 
 
 
STATE OF MARYLAND 
 
     
 
 
Greene 
     Adkins 
McDonald 
Watts  
Hotten 
     Getty,   
 
 
 JJ. 
 
 
 
 
           ORDER       
      
 
 
Filed: November 16, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
CORNELIUS JOHN MCIVER  
*    In the  
 
 
 
 
Petitioner 
 
 
*    Court of Appeals 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
  
 
 
 
 
 
*    of Maryland 
 
STATE OF MARYLAND  
 
 
*    No. 58 
     
                 Respondent 
 
*    September Term, 2017 
 
 
 
*    No. 129971C, Circuit Court 
 
 
     for Montgomery County 
 
O R D E R 
  
 
WHEREAS, a supplemental petition for writ of certiorari having been filed by Petitioner 
and granted by this Court with a writ of certiorari being issued on November 3, 2017; and  
WHEREAS, Respondent was issued a citation for a speed camera infraction, which carries 
a civil penalty not exceeding $40, pursuant to Sec. 21-809(c) of the Transportation Article; and as 
a result of proceedings held in the District Court of Maryland, sitting in Montgomery County, the 
charges against Respondent ended in a default judgment.  Thereafter, Respondent noted an appeal 
to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County; and   
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County did not assign the case to its civil 
docket but instead assigned the case to its criminal docket and designated it criminal case no. 
129917-C and set the matter for a pre-trial hearing; a hearing at which the Respondent failed to 
appear.  Thereafter, Respondent noted an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals; and 
WHEREAS, the Court of Special Appeals transferred to this Court on August 7, 2017 the 
above captioned appeal pursuant to Sec. 12-302(a) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article, 
and Md. Rule 8-132; and  
WHEREAS, Sec. 4-401(13) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article provides that the 
District Court has exclusive civil jurisdiction in a proceeding for a civil infraction under Sec. 21-
809(c) of the Transportation Article; and 
 
WHEREAS, Sec. 21-809(c)(2) of the Transportation Article provides, in part, that a driver 
of a motor vehicle is subject to a civil penalty if a motor vehicle is recorded by a speed-monitoring 
system while being operated in violation of the law, it is this 16th day of November, 2017,  
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that this case be, and it is hereby, 
remanded to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for further civil proceedings with the 
appropriate parties pursuant to Sec. 4-401 (13) of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article and 
Sec. 21-809 of the Transportation Article; and it is further, 
 
ORDERED, that this case be unsealed and the record in this case be corrected by 
designating it as a civil, rather than a criminal, proceeding nunc pro tunc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Clayton Greene, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                       Senior Judge 
 
 
 
 
*Chief Judge Barbera did not participate in the consideration of this matter.