King v. State

On the evening of July 14, 1981, Baltimore City police officer Charles Gutberlet approached a van stopped at the corner of Fayette and Aisquith Streets. As he looked inside, the person occupying the front passenger seat drew a handgun and pointed it at the officer. Gutberlet promptly alerted other police officers in the area; and, upon doing so, he observed several other armed men in the back of the van discard their weapons, leave the van, and attempt to flee.

One of the men seen departing the van was appellant, who was arrested after he had traveled about ten feet and fell into some bushes.…