Legal Opinion

State v. Lee

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 11, 1993No. 131, September Term, 1992PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari to review the suppression of narcotics evidence seized pursuant to a prospective or anticipatory search warrant. The warrant took effect after a confidential informant, acting under police direction, arranged a purchase from a suspected drug dealer; tests identified the purchased substance as LSD after the dealer’s arrest.

On December 9, 1991, State Police Trooper Jack Mathew presented an affidavit and application for a search warrant to a judge of the District Court sitting in Allegany County. After recounting his police training and experience in…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. United States v. Garcia, Appeal of Jose A. Figueroa-Rivera, Gabriel Grant, Celina Wilson-GrantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. United States v. James Frederick RowlandCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  2. McDonald v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
  4. Carroll v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  5. West v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2001

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