State v. Ahmed

ORME, Judge:

¶1 Appellant Adam Zakaria A. Ahmed challenges his conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, arguing, primarily, that the trial court erred in denying him access to the surveillance location from which law enforcement observed the conduct that culminated in his arrest. We reverse, provisionally, and remand for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND 1

The Arrest

¶2 On a Spring day in 2016, a drug interdiction officer (the Officer) conducted surveillance from a ground-level room of an office building located, according to his testimony, approximately forty…