Soles v. State

The question posed by this appeal is whether United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1, 97 S. Ct. 2476, 53 L. Ed. 2d 538 (1977) should be retroactively applied to a 1971 criminal *398conviction. If Chadwick is so applied, the appellant, Charles Calvin Soles, will receive a new trial, and some evidence will be excluded. On the other hand, if Chadwick is not interpreted to be retroactive, no new trial will be forthcoming.1

We observe that in Soles v. State, 16 Md. App. 656, 299 A.2d 502, cert. denied, 415 U.S. 950 (1973),2 we affirmed the conviction of Soles for having violated the Controlled Dangerous…