Hernandez v. State

WILNER, Chief Judge.

In January, 1991, appellant was charged in the Circuit Court for Carroll County with several serious controlled dangerous substance offenses, including being a drug “kingpin,” an offense carrying a minimum mandatory, non-parolable sentence of 20 years. His wife, Bonnie, was also charged with a number of offenses. Appellant and his wife were represented in that case by Stephen Bourexis.

It appears that appellant’s best hope for success lay in a motion to suppress the State’s evidence. That effort was *356unavailing, however. After a five-day hearing before Judge Beck in late…