Legal Opinion
State v. Evans
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 26, 1999No. 28, 32, Sept. Term, 1997PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAKER, Judge.
In these two cases Respondents were physically detained by the police on the basis of probable cause to believe that each had participated in an illegal drug transaction. In both instances, the police searched Respondents while they were detained and released them with the intention of later charging them with violation of the controlled dangerous substance laws of this State. We shall hold that both detentions were lawful arrests under Maryland law, that the searches incident to those arrests were consistent with the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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