Delly v. State

The appellant, James Alphonzo Delly, was convicted at a bench trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of the crime of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to a term of seven years.

The appellant’s only assignment of error is that the evidence was obtained as a result of an unreasonable search and seizure carried out under an illegal general warrant.

On August 31, 1974, police officers armed with a search warrant entered the premises of 831 Whitelock Street in Baltimore City. In looking for the appellant, the officers broke into two unoccupied rooms on the second…