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MARTIN v. STATE

No. 936, September Term, 1988.

78 Md. App. 541 (1989)

554 A.2d 429

RYNELL PERCY MARTIN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford C. Peabody, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief) Baltimore, for appellant.

Thomas K. Clancy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Alexander Williams, Jr., State's Atty., for Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, on the brief), for appellee.

Submitted before MOYLAN, ALPERT and POLLITT, JJ.

ALPERT, Judge.

This is yet another chapter in the annals of "chain of custody" appeals. On May 27, 1987, Officers Hamilton and Richards of the Prince George's County Police Department observed a package of "Tops" rolling paper and a tinfoil packet on the ground near Rynell Percy Martin's car. Officer Richards then noticed a smokey haze in the car's interior and smelled burning marijuana and PCP. When the officer opened the door, he found a foil packet on the sill...

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