DENIKOS v. STATE

No. 508, September Term, 1969.

9 Md. App. 603 (1970)

266 A.2d 354

JAMES MICHAEL DENIKOS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Richard McIntyre for appellant.

Francis X. Pugh, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Linthicum, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, and Barry H. Helfand, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury on June 4, 1969 of unlawfully possessing marihuana, the offense then being designated a felony.1 On appeal from that judgment, it is contended that the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence over appellant's objection a quantity of marihuana found as a result of a search of his person by the arresting police officer. The question turns on whether...

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