Hutchinson v. State

In my view, a judgment pending on appeal is not sufficently probative to establish that a probationer committed the crime of which he was convicted and, therefore, is not admissible to show that the probationer *372violated the special condition of his probation that he obey all laws. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

In Maryland, it has been recognized that for certain purposes a judgment pending on appeal is not final until after the appeal has been decided. Maryland State Bar Ass’n v. Kerr, 272 Md. 687, 689, 326 A.2d 180, 181 (1974); Green v. State, 170 Md. 134, 142, 183 A. 526, 530 (1936);…