Maryland Constitution
Article Declaration of Rights, § 23
Maryland Const. art. Declaration of Rights, § 23
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In the trial of all criminal cases, the Jury shall be the Judges of Law, as well as of fact, except that the Court may pass upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction. The right of trial by Jury of all issues of fact in civil proceedings in the several Courts of Law in this State, where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of $15,000, shall be inviolably preserved .
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History
(amended by Chapter 407, Acts of 1949, ratified Nov. 7, 1950; Chapter 789, Acts of 1969, ratified Nov. 3, 1970. Transferred from Article XV, secs. 5 and 6, by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978. Amended by Chapters 205, 206, Acts of 1992, ratified Nov. 3, 1992; Chapter 322, Acts of 1998, ratified Nov. 3, 1998; <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2010rs/chapters_noln/Ch_480_sb0119E.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 480, Acts of 2010</a>, ratified Nov. 2, 2010)
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