WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 1617, September Term, 1986.

72 Md. App. 233 (1987)

528 A.2d 507

LINDA WILLIAMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie I. Mikva, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Valerie W. Loftin, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty. for Baltimore City and Laura Mullally, Asst. State's Attorney for Baltimore City on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Submitted before WEANT, BISHOP and ALPERT, JJ.


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 statutorily imposed limitations (if any there...

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