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Holmes v. State

Citations

  • 796 A.2d 90
  • 368 Md. 506
  • 2002 Md. LEXIS 158

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  • reasoning that the drug transaction “occurred less than a block from petitioner’s home”
  • advising that probable cause “may be inferred from the type of crime, the nature of the items sought, the opportunity for concealment, and reasonable inferences about where the defendant may hide the incriminating items.”
  • stating that if tainted information included in the warrant application can be excised and the application suffices to establish probable cause without reference to that information, the challenged evidence would be admissible as properly seized under the warrant
  • finding probable cause where the affidavit relied in part on the defendant's past criminal record
  • finding probable cause where the affidavit relied in part on the defendant’s past criminal record
  • permitting a search of a home for evidence of drug-related crimes

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Judges: Wilner

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