Bouldin v. State

Franklin Delano Bouldin was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a manufactured article (a motorcycle) from which the serial number had been removed, defaced or obliterated. He appealed those convictions with the primary thrust of his contention being that the evidence introduced was the fruit of an illegal warrantless search.

Officer Aston testified for the State that he had been routinely called to investigate a serious motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival at the scene he observed a motorcycle lying on its…