Murray v. State

In this prosecution for a violation of the narcotic drugs statute, the questions on appeal relate to the legality of the arrest of the defendant (Joseph Murray) and the immediate search of his person for narcotics, the exclusion of medical testimony concerning the incurability of narcotics addiction, and the legality of the punishment of the defendant as a third offender.

In the evening of July 4, 1963, an officer of the narcotics squad of Baltimore City received information from an informer (Ronald McCloud) that the defendant was engaged in the sale of heroin in the vicinity of Riggs Avenue…