Duncan and Smith v. State

Our grant of the writ of certiorari in this case was “limited solely to the issue set forth in the petition for writ of certiorari,” which was:

“Did the Court of Special Appeals err in holding that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Cecil Jones v. United States [, 362 U. S. 257, 80 S. Ct. 725, 4 L.Ed.2d 697 (1960),] is no longer controlling law in Maryland and that the Petitioners, by relying upon the rule, of automatic standing which that case established, failed to show that they had standing to challenge the legality of the search of an automobile and seizure therefrom of…