Sproates v. State

ALPERT, Judge.

A confidential informant advised the Maryland State Police that William Harry Sproates, Jr., appellant, was distributing marijuana and concealing that marijuana in trailers located on appellant’s farm near Golts, Maryland. Because the informant’s information was insufficient to justify the issuance of a search warrant, Trooper Roger L. Layton was dispatched to verify the informant’s assertions.

Appellant’s five acres of property was bounded on the west and south by the Millington Wildlife Management Area and on the north by railroad tracks.

On the evening of December 6, 1982, the…