Legal Opinion
Brooks v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 18, 1971No. 649, September Term, 1970PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
Nathaniel Brooks, Roscoe Keaton and Howard Lee Patterson, the appellants, were all convicted of violations of the narcotics laws in a court trial before Judge Charles D. Harris in the Criminal Court of Baltimore; total sentences of three years were imposed on each appellant. Brooks was also convicted of assault in addition to the narcotics violations, but no appeal was filed from this conviction.
The only substantial question presented on appeal is did the trial judge err by denying a motion to suppress evidence obtained in an illegal search?
On April 17, 1970, four days prior to the raid…
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