Songer v. State

KARWACKI, Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to address the question of whether a judgment representing the amount of restitution that a probationer had been ordered to pay as a condition of probation was properly entered against probationer following revocation of her probation.

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The petitioner, Carla Songer, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County of welfare fraud, an offense punishable under Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl. VoL, 1983 Cum.Supp.), Article 27, § 230A. 1 She was sentenced on January 13, 1984 to imprisonment for one year with that term suspended…