Brown v. State

The appellant was found guilty by a general verdict under a three count indictment charging possession of a narcotic drug, control of a narcotic drug and possession of narcotic paraphernalia in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by the court sitting without a jury and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years.

At the trial a “burned” bottle cap, an eye dropper (referred to as an improvised syringe) and a hypodermic needle, all characterized as narcotic paraphernalia, were offered by the State and admitted in evidence over the appellant’s objection. A report of the examination and…