State v. Ward

The majority today holds that the issuance of search warrants to search a person’s home is valid when “there [is] probable cause to believe that a crime of violence, involving the use of a weapon, had been committed, that the defendant was the criminal agent, and that the defendant resided at the place to be searched.” State v. Ward, 350 Md. 380, 712 A.2d 537 (1997). Applying this standard to the instant case, it concludes that the judge who issued the warrant properly found probable cause to search the residence of, and the car belonging to, Gary R. Ward (“Ward” or the “respondent”) even…