Scott v. State

WILNER, Judge.

Before us, for the first time, is the validity of a motel room search pursuant to a police technique called “knock and talk” — a technique that, in recent years, has become quite popular with police agencies around the country. The courts, on the whole, have sustained it. Petitioner, Aaron Scott, who, as a direct result of such a search, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and, as a repeat offender, sentenced to a prison term of 10 years without parole, raises two questions:

*124(1) Does a “knock and talk” procedure…