COLLINS v. STATE

No. 94, September Term, 1990.

322 Md. 675 (1991)

589 A.2d 479

ANTONIO W. COLLINS v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford C. Peabody, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Mary Ellen Barbera, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Diane E. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., all on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW and KARWACKI, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

The question presented is whether, in the circumstances, a police officer had probable cause to make a warrantless arrest for the commission of a felony.

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