Office of Fin., Balto. Co. v. Previti

Because I conclude that the district court should not have decided the merits of this controversy, I dissent from the majority’s decision. I would either dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted or vacate the judgments of the courts below and remand the case with directions that it be dismissed. Alternatively, I would affirm the circuit court’s reversal of the District Court forfeiture order because the District Court order was premised on a patently incorrect application of the exclusionary rule.

On April 18, 1980, Baltimore County police officers executed a search warrant at a…