Gerety & Antkowiak v. State

Damian Gerety v. State of Maryland, No. 2349, September Term, 2019; Briana Antkowiak v. State of Maryland, No. 2365, September Term, 2019. Opinion by Nazarian, J. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES – DEFENSES – MEDICAL NECESSITY OR ASSISTANCE People who possessed and used heroin in a vehicle parked in a public parking lot were immune from prosecution charges for simple possession of heroin under Maryland’s Good Samaritan Law, (2018 Repl. Vol.), § 1-210(c) of the Criminal Procedure Article (“CP”) because the police were present at the scene, and discovered them and the drugs, solely as…