APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND
The Appellate Court of Maryland (Appellate Court), formerly the Court of Special Appeals, was created in 1966. Cases heard by the Court include any reviewable judgment, decree, or order of other action of a circuit court. The Court also considers applications for leave to appeal in such cases as post conviction, habeas corpus matters involving denial of or excessive bail, inmate grievances, appeals from criminal guilty pleas, and violations of probation. The Court includes 15 judges — one judge from each of the seven appellate judicial circuits and eight from the state at large. The judges are empowered to sit in panels of three. All judges may sit “en banc” (meaning "the full bench") to hear a case if the majority of the judges so order. The following tables provide statistics on the Court’s workload for the last three fiscal years.
TABLE ACM-1 THE APPELLATE COURT APPEALS FILED AND DISPOSED AND OPINIONS FILED WITHIN FISCAL YEAR Fiscal Years 2020 – 2022
Year
Appeals Filed Appeals Disposed Opinions Filed
FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
2,014 1,226 1,549
2,109 1,907 1,739
1,206 1,184 1,119
TABLE ACM-2 THE APPELLATE COURT APPEALS DOCKETED BY TERM 2019, 2020, 2021 TERMS *
Term Civil Appeals Criminal Appeals
Totals
* The number of appeals docketed are counted by term. (March 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022 is the 2021 Term)
2019 Term 2020 Term 2021 Term
1,307
927 592 533
2,234 1,300 1,465
708 932
MD Appellate Court|2022 Statistical Abstract
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