Doswell v. State

On July 13,1981, while on routine patrol in an unmarked police car, Baltimore City police officer Mark Labonta observed appellant, whom he knew to be a heroin addict, in the company of another individual known as "Little Rock.” Labonta saw appellant hand Little Rock an envelope. "Almost simultaneously,” according to Labonta, the two spotted the unmarked car. Little Rock dropped the envelope and he and appellant walked away, appellant entering a nearby carryout shop.

Labonta retrieved the envelope, in which were nine smaller glassine envelopes containing a white powder that Labonta suspected…