Legal Opinion
Tucker v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 21, 1966No. [No. 473, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcWieeiams, J.
The trial judge (Foster, J. without a jury), having convicted appellant (Tucker) of possessing heroin, sentenced him to five years in the Maryland Penitentiary. In this appeal Tucker’s principal contention is that the heroin which clinched his conviction was seized under a defective search warrant.
On 16 September 1965 Sergeant Bishop Robinson (Sgt. Robinson) a member of the Narcotics Squad of the Baltimore City Police Department presented to Judge Aaron of the Municipal Court an application for a search and seizure warrant in which it was stated that the provisions of Code, Art. 27, §§ 277…
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