Dawkins v. State

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether “knowledge” is an element of the offenses of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of controlled parapherna lia under Maryland Code (1957, 1987 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 287(a) and (d). 1

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The defendant, Leonard C. Dawkins, was arrested in a hotel room in Baltimore City and charged with possession of heroin and possession of controlled paraphernalia. At the defendant’s jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, the police testified that when they entered the hotel room, the defendant held a tote bag in his hand.…