Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided July 23, 2010No. 105, September Term, 2009PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*177HARRELL, J.

Reminiscent of a scene from a Cheech & Chong movie,1 Baltimore City police officers, on 6 December 2006, executed a search warrant on a dwelling at 1932 Lanvale Street where the occupants on one floor were found shrouded in a haze of marijuana smoke. Despite the appearance of the police, Clavon Smith (“Petitioner”), one of those present, behaved as though everything remained “groovy.” Smith was seated in a chair at a table within arm’s reach of a smoldering marijuana blunt and next to another chair over which was draped a jacket with fifteen baggies of marijuana in one of its…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. State v. AlbrechtCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  4. Oken v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  5. Pope v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979

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3Cited by84 opinions

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