Collins v. State

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

The question presented is whether, in the circumstances, a police officer had probable cause to make a warrantless arrest for the commission of a felony.

I

Antonio Collins was charged by criminal information in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County with felonious possession of cocaine and related offenses. Prior to trial, he moved to suppress certain evidence and statements which he made during a custodial interrogation. He claimed that because his warrantless arrest was illegal, this evidence was inadmissible at his trial.

At the suppression hearing, Officer Robert Holmes of…