Williams v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
1Opinion of the Court
BISHOP, Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether appellant may be found in contempt of court based on a violation of a condition of probation.
When an accused has been convicted of a crime, “a sentencing judge is vested with virtually boundless discretion. He may impose any sentence, which is not cruel and unusual punishment proscribed by Article 16 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, and which is within the statute rily imposed limitations (if any there be), determined to be deserved for or necessitated by the proven criminal conduct in question.” Logan v. State, 289 Md. 460, 480, 425…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Logan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Coles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Kaylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Clipper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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