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Barksdale v. State

Citations

  • 291 A.2d 495
  • 15 Md. App. 469
  • 1972 Md. App. LEXIS 240

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  • holding evidence insufficient to support conviction for possession when defendant merely present in an apartment in which a woman’s purse and a cigarette case containing heroin were found
  • male “friend” with fresh needle marks not culpable where eight glassine bags of heroin found in female companion’s purse, 20 bags in her cigarette case and 46 bags inside her vagina
  • male \friend\ with fresh needle marks not culpable where eight glassine bags of heroin found in female companion's purse, 20 bags in her cigarette case and 46 bags inside her vagina
  • evidence insufficient to support conviction when defendant was merely present in an apartment in which a woman’s purse and a cigarette case containing heroin were found

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Judges: Orth, Thompson, Powers

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