POWERS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
May the State obtain evidence in a narcotics case from the excrement of a hospital patient, without a warrant, and use that evidence against the patient in a criminal trial?
This question was posed by a motion filed in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by Charles Venner. A two count information charged Venner with unlawfully possessing marihuana extract in sufficient quantity to indicate an intent to manufacture...
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