Soles v. State

The appellant, Charles Calvin Soles, was the New York connection for a large-scale distribution operation for illicit drugs in Washington, D. C. After five days of activity in the District of Columbia, he left in the early morning hours of September 19, 1971, for a “midnight run” back to New York. Officer Terry Womack, of the Vice Squad of the Metropolitan Police Department, was on automobile surveillance, waiting for the appellant to make his move from 30 Sheridan Street 1 in northeast Washington. He gave immediate pursuit and intercepted the appellant’s 1971 Pontiac Grandville moments after…