McDowell v. State

WOODWARD, Judge.

In the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, appellant, Ernest James McDowell, was charged with eight counts of narcotics-related offenses arising from the seizure of heroin and drug paraphernalia following a routine traffic stop on December 20, 2005. At a motions hearing, appellant moved to suppress the evidence seized during the traffic stop and the statements that he made to the police. At the conclusion of the hearing, the judge took the case under advisement and, thereafter, issued a written opinion denying appellant’s motion to suppress.

Appellant entered into an…