Rule 4-402 – Petition

(a) Content. The petition shall state whether or not petitioner is able to pay costs of the proceeding or to employ counsel and shall include:(1) The petitioner’s name, place of confinement, and inmate identification number.(2) The place and date of trial, the...

Rule 2-411 – Deposition-Right to Take

Any party to an action may cause the testimony of a person, whether or not a party, to be taken by deposition for the purpose of discovery or for use as evidence in the action or for both purposes. Leave of court must be obtained to take a deposition (a) before the...

Rule 2-404 – Perpetuation of Evidence

(a) Before Action Instituted.(1)Right to Take. A person who may have an interest in an action that the person expects to be brought may perpetuate testimony or other evidence relevant to any claim or defense that may be asserted in the expected action in accordance...

Rule 4-401 – How Commenced-Venue

(a) Generally. A proceeding under the Uniform Post Conviction Procedure Act is commenced by the filing of a petition in the circuit court of the county where the conviction took place.(b) Following DNA Testing. If a petition for DNA testing was filed pursuant to Code,...

Rule 2-403 – Protective Orders

(a) Motion. On motion of a party, a person from whom discovery is sought, or a person named or depicted in an item sought to be discovered, and for good cause shown, the court may enter any order that justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance,...

Rule 4-361 – Disability of Judge

(a) After Verdict or Acceptance of Plea. If by reason of termination of office, death, sickness, or other disability, the judge before whom a defendant has been tried or by whom a plea of guilty or nolo contendere has been accepted is unable to perform an act or duty...