Curreri v. State

Joseph Curreri was tried and convicted of bookmaking in Baltimore City in the rear of 3057 West North Avenue, at its intersection with Rosedale Street. Sergeant Mcenna, with other officers, went there on April 6, 1951, armed with a search warrant which was subsequently ruled invalid by the trial court. He testified that on the Rosedale Street side there is an outdoor fruit stand covered by an awning; behind the stand is “one room that belongs to the fruit stand”, containing some produce. There is no doorway from the room into any other part of the house. People enter the room to purchase…