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WATKINS v. STATE

[No. 68, September Term, 1979.]

288 Md. 597 (1980)

420 A.2d 270

CALVIN WATKINS A/K/A VINCENT WATKINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued and reargued by Gerald A. Kroop for appellant.

Argued by Deborah K. Handel, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and Michael A. Anselmi, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee. Reargued by Michael A. Anselmi, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ., and reargued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. ELDRIDGE, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ., dissent. COLE, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 610 infra, in which ELDRIDGE and DAVIDSON, JJ., join.

In the criminal cause now before us, petitioner Calvin Watkins challenges the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of police activity which he asserts violated his right under the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution to be...

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