Cason v. Director of Patuxent Institution

This application for leave to appeal from an order of the Criminal Court of Baltimore denying the applicant post conviction relief contends that a wife has no authority to grant permission to make a search of the home occupied by her and her husband in his absence. But see Bellam v. State, 233 Md. 368, 196 A. 2d 891 (1964). However, we rest our decision on another ground.

The applicant, who pled guilty to receiving stolen property as charged in five separate indictments, now contends that he was convicted on evidence seized as the result of an illegal search. Even if it is assumed, without…