HENSON v. STATE

[No. 48, September Term, 1964.]

236 Md. 518 (1964)

204 A.2d 516

HENSON v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Richards for the appellant.

Robert C. Murphy, Deputy Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, Carville M. Downes, Assistant Attorney General, William J. O'Donnell and James W. McAllister, State's Attorney and Assistant State's Attorney, respectively, for Baltimore City, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, C.J., and HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, HORNEY and SYBERT, JJ.


HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Norman Henson, convicted of possession and control of narcotics, contends in his appeal (a) that no probable cause existed for the issuance of the search warrant used to procure incriminating evidence; (b) that the police officers who executed the search warrant broke open the door of the house being searched without first announcing who they were and making demand that entry be granted, and that this was illegal and...

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