Bordley v. State

The prosecution of Charles Vernon Bordley, appellant, stemmed from the discovery of controlled dangerous substances (“CDS”) and paraphernalia during a.warrantless entry by police into an unoccupied and locked-out hotel room in Grasonville, Queen Anne’s County, which had been rented by appellant.

After denying appellant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized from Room 118, and statements made by him thereafter, the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, in a bench trial (Hon. Thomas G. Ross), convicted appellant of nine drug-related offenses.1 Appellant challenges those convictions, raising…