discretion over whether to remove the case; the court does have discretion, however, over where to remove the case. Smith, supra, 96 Md.App. at 385 n. 4, 625 A.2d 349. The threshold question for the circuit court on a motion for removal — whether there is reasonable ground to believe the allegation that the moving party cannot receive a fair and impartial trial in the county in which the action is pending — is a mixed question of law and fact concerning a constitutional right. Accordingly, on appeal, we review that threshold determination de novo. See Glover v. State, 368 Md. 211, 220-21, 792 A.2d 1160 (2002) (reviewing de novo the judgment of the trial court on a motion to dismiss for violation of the right to a speedy trial); Winder v. State, 362 Md. 275, 310, 765 A.2d 97 (2001) (<HOLDING>); Cartnail v. State, 359 Md. 272, 282, 753 A.2d
holding that whether a statute affects sentencing is a question of law subject to de novo review recognizing that the constitutionality of a statute is a question of law subject to de novo review holding that whether the defendants confession was voluntary was a mixed question of law and fact subject to de novo review holding that the mixed question of exigent circumstance is reviewable de novo as a question of law holding that whether a statute has been properly construed is a question of law subject to de novo review