HOWELL v. STATE

[No. 182, September Term, 1973.]

271 Md. 378 (1974)

318 A.2d 189

HOWELL v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Huddles, Assigned Public Defender, and Arnold Zerwitz, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and BARNES, SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE and ELDRIDGE, JJ.


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

Our decision today to reverse the conviction1 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County of Paul Monroe Howell, petitioner, for possession of marihuana (Maryland Code (1957, 1971 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27, § 287) discovered by the police in a warrantless search of his automobile conducted incident to his lawful arrest turns on the fact that the record, in certain critical parts, is replete...

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