Berry v. State

On March 7, 1973, Donald E. Berry, the appellant, was convicted on a guilty plea in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Cardin, J.) of nonsupport of his wife and two children pursuant to Article 27, Section 88 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Supp. 1978). He was sentenced to the custody of the Division of Correction for an eighteen-month period. However, the sentence was suspended and the appellant was placed on probation on the condition he make support payments as directed by the court. Commencing on March 7, 1973, the probationary period was to run for three years.

Appellant encountered…