Legal Opinion

Gibson v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 14, 1992No. 41, September Term, 1992PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

I

By statute, a court entering a judgment of conviction may generally suspend all or part of a prison sentence, and place the defendant on probation upon such terms and conditions as the court deems proper. Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.) Art. 27, § 641A. Probation is by definition conditional; the defendant is on notice that breaching those conditions may lead to the reinstatement of the original sentence. Clipper v. State, 295 Md. 303, 313, 455 A.2d 973 (1983). A probationer is entitled to remain at liberty as long as he abides by the conditions of probation, and…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. United States v. One Assortment of 89 FirearmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. State v. DelpCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Colandrea v. Wilde Lake Community Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. HolmgrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  3. State v. FlansburgCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  4. Meyer v. State State v. RiveraCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2015
  5. Butler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994

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