Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 1, 1991No. 5, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, Judge.
Dwayne Harris was arrested on 21 November 1987, in Baltimore City, after the vehicle in which he was riding was stopped for speeding. The police found a plastic bag containing 13.3 grams (approximately one-half ounce) of cocaine in the defendant’s shirt pocket and a loaded .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol in the right front pocket of one of the two pairs of pants the defendant was wearing. The defen dant was charged with various narcotics and handgun violations and was ultimately convicted by a jury of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, Maryland Code, Art. 27,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Thompson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- Whittlesey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
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