Court of Appeals of Maryland December 22, 1989, No. 31 (Hawkins v. State)

RODOWSKY, Judge.

Historically, one of the sacred cows of Maryland practice is the trial de novo on an appeal from a court of limited jurisdiction to a circuit court. Currently appeals from the District Court of Maryland, other than by consent or in civil actions in which the amount in controversy exceeds $2,500, are tried de novo. Md.Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.