Legal Opinion
Watkins v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 3, 1980No. [No. 68, September Term, 1979.]PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
Eldridge, Cole and Davidson, JJ., dissent. Cole, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 610 infra, in which Eldridge and Davidson, JJ., join.
In the criminal cause now before us, petitioner Calvin Watkins challenges the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of police activity which he asserts violated his right under the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures. Since we conclude that the complained of police conduct was not an impermissible intrusion into the petitioner’s personal security, we…
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