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Baker v. State

Citations

  • 833 A.2d 1070
  • 377 Md. 567
  • 2003 Md. LEXIS 706

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  • holding that a quo warranto action is the only available proceeding to chai- lenge a judge's legal authority to act in a particular case
  • defining the bounds of the de facto judge doctrine by comparing United States Supreme Court decisions and collecting cases from other jurisdictions
  • defining the bounds of the de facto judge doctrine by comparing United States Supreme Court decisions and collecting cases from other jurisdictions
  • “[E]ven if, by virtue of a change of residence, [the judge] ceased to be a de jure judge [under the Maryland Constitution], he was, until his retirement, at the very least a de facto judge for the period relevant to this case.” (footnote omitted)

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Judges: Bell

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