Kaylor v. State

In these two cases we are asked to decide one question: Whether a judge, upon finding the accused guilty of violating probation, may order the sentence previously suspended therefor, to be served consecutively to the sentence the accused is then serving for conviction of a crime committed while on probation.

Kevin Patrick Kaylor (Kaylor) was convicted in the Circuit Court for Cecil County on July 17, 1975 of obtaining controlled dangerous substances by use of a false name and of obtaining a prescription drug by use of a false name in violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol.), Article…