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McDONALD v. STATE

Nos. 28, 29, September Term, 1988.

314 Md. 271 (1988)

550 A.2d 696

KATHLEEN McDONALD v. STATE OF MARYLAND. DANIEL J. PILACHOWSKI v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katy C. O'Donnell, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, both on brief), Towson, for Kathleen McDonald.

Diane E. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., both on brief), Baltimore, for the State.

Patricia L. Chappell, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, both on brief), Towson, for Daniel Pilachowski.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.

ADKINS, Judge.

The two cases before us present one common question: does a circuit court's authority to review, de novo, a District Court's revocation of probation extend to a de novo determination of disposition? We answer the question in the affirmative.1

On 10 February 1987, a judge sitting in the District Court in Baltimore County found petitioner, Kathleen McDonald, guilty of solicitation. McDonald received a six month suspended...

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