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Spease v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 21, 1974No. 419, September Term, 1973PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMoylan, J.

The appellants, Clifton Spease and Willie Ross, were convicted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County by a jury, presided over by Judge Robert B. Mathias, of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Ross was sentenced to a term of 20 years and Spease, to one of 15 years.

The prosecution was the latest episode in the continuing effort of Prince George’s County authorities, spearheaded by Detective Elmer L. Snow, to crack the higher echelons of the apparatus behind the widespread trafficking in illicit drugs in that county. The evidence at bar is permeated with familiar names from Peterson,…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. VentoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  2. Andresen v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  3. Poore v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1978
  4. Von Lusch v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  5. Spease and Ross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975

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