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GILES v. STATE

No. 103, September Term, 1970.

10 Md. App. 593 (1970)

271 A.2d 766

EVELYN ELIZABETH GILES v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Ward for appellant.

James F. Truitt, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Peter D. Ward, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ORTH, THOMPSON, and POWERS, JJ.

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

A valid search warrant properly executed, may produce evidence sufficient to convict a person accused of crime. A defective and invalid search warrant produces confusion, waste and injustice, to an accused or to society, or to both.

The Declaration of Rights of Maryland provides in Article 26:

"That all warrants, without oath or affirmation, to search suspected...

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