Legal Opinion
Gamble v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 1, 1989No. 726, September Term, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Chief Judge.
If this case were being reported by True Detective or some other crime journal, it would probably be titled: “Gamble’s Gamble.” It is a tale about a police officer who forgot on which side of the law he was supposed to be. Officer Oscar James Gamble yielded to the temptation of “pocketing” $10,000 discovered in a “drug bust” and ended up in the dock.
The Facts
On the parking lot of a Prince George’s County motel, Gamble arrested three individuals suspected of illegally transporting narcotics. One of the arrestees, Thompson, led Gamble to a motel room, where the latter was…
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