McDonald v. State

ADKINS, Judge.

The two cases before us present one common question: does a circuit court’s authority to review, de novo, a District Court’s revocation of probation extend to a de novo determination of disposition? We answer the question in the affirmative. 1

On 10 February 1987, a judge sitting in the District Court in Baltimore County found petitioner, Kathleen McDonald, guilty of solicitation. McDonald received a six month suspended sentence and was placed on supervised probation for one year. On 27 July 1987, the District Court found that McDonald had violated the terms of her probation, and…