Parker v. State

ALPERT, Judge.

In this appeal we are called upon to determine what constitutes “reasonable grounds to believe that the person [charged with the traffic violation] will disregard [the] traffic citation,” and whether subjecting that person to a warrantless arrest for a traffic violation was illegal.

Willis T. Parker, appellant, having been found guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, contends on appeal that:

The court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress the drugs and money seized from appellant’s pocket and from the car.

We…