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Griffin v. State

Citations

  • 194 A.2d 80
  • 232 Md. 389
  • 1963 Md. LEXIS 705

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  • warrant authorizing police to search all persons on premises construed to allow police to search only those they witness committing a crime
  • “We know of no practical method of executing [a warrant’s command to search] other than by arresting the person to be searched.”
  • “As the search warrant itself must be founded upon probable cause, we do not think that conditional arrest for the purpose of executing the warrant is illegal or unreasonable.”

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Judges: Brune, Henderson, Hammond, Prescott, Horney, Marbury, Sybert

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