Erik Leonard v. Marcus Leonard, as Independent of the Estate of Willie Burt Leonard

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• holding that the 30-day limit in Rule 8-202(a) to note an appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland is a claim-processing rule, not a jurisdictional bar, because the General Assembly removed in 1957 the 30-day limit in Rule 8-202(a)’s statutory counterpart
• holding that the 30-day limit in Rule 8-202(a) to note an appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland is a claim-processing rule, not a jurisdictional bar, because the General Assembly removed in 1957 the 30-day limit in Rule 8-202(a)’s statutory counterpart
• concluding that the Court could “consider the basis for review of [petitioner’s] belated appeal” based on the respondent’s waiver of objection to the untimeliness of the petitioner’s notice of appeal, as well as the determination that that issue was subject to waiver
• explaining that misdemeanor convictions for acts of violence such as assault are typically inadmissible under Maryland Rule 5-609 because such “a conviction . . . is not relevant to a witness’ credibility”
• “Error arose when this Court began characterizing the thirty-day requirement as ‘jurisdictional’ after the adoption of the 1957 Code.”
• “Error arose when this Court began characterizing the thirty-day requirement as ‘jurisdictional’ after the adoption of the 1957 Code.”

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