HEROD v. STATE

No. 47, September Term, 1987.

311 Md. 288 (1987)

534 A.2d 362

JOHN HEROD v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa M. Moore, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Norman L. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

The issues here are whether the police violated the fourth amendment by a warrantless stop of petitioner's van and search of its passenger compartment. We conclude that there was no violation because, as explained below, the police acted on probable cause so that the "automobile exception" to the warrant requirement applies.

Petitioner, John Herod (Herod), was tried on an agreed statement of facts in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and...

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