Walton v. State

385 A.2d 806, 282 Md. 514, 1978 Md. LEXIS 385

Opinion

ORDER

The petitions for certiorari not having disclosed that the pertinent Maryland statute, controlling in these cases, Maryland Code (1957,1976 Repl. Vol.), Article 27, § 125A, had been repealed by Chapter 692 of the Acts of 1977, effective July 1, 1977; and

The State having filed no answer in opposition to the petitions for a writ of certiorari pointing out the fact that § 125A had been repealed; and

It appearing, in view of the repeal of § 125A, that these cases do not involve the public interest within the contemplation of § 12-203 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article; therefore, it is this 8th day of May, 1978

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the writs of certiorari be, and they are hereby, dismissed, petitions having been improvidently granted; and it is further

ORDERED that the State of Maryland shall pay all costs in these proceedings.