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Sellars v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 7, 1964No. [No. 80, September Term, 1964.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHornby, J.

On this appeal from his conviction for breaking and entering and grand larceny, the defendant (Billy Eugene Sellars) contends that cigarettes found in the trunk of the automobile he was operating with a defective license tag light were improperly admitted in evidence.

A state trooper engaged in patrolling the Baltimore-Washington Boulevard at night observed a nineteen-fifty Plymouth sedan traveling thereon with no light over its rear temporary registration tag. The trooper followed the automobile for about an eighth of a mile, and as the patrol car was about to pull abreast of the automobile,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mulcahy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
  2. Braxton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
  3. Edwardsen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
  4. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
  5. Dailey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Willie Robinson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Grundstrom v. BetoDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1967
  3. Kleinbart v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
  4. Lawson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971
  5. People v. Anonymous A, New York County Courts1968

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