BECKER v. STATE

No. 111, Sept. Term, 1999.

767 A.2d 816 (2001)

363 Md. 77

Allen BECKER, v. STATE of Maryland and Patricia C. Jessamy.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira L. Oring (Fedder and Garten Professional Ass'n, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Andrew H. Baida, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Patricia C. Jessamy, State's Attorney got Baltimore City, and Ann Refolo and Latonya B. Dargen, Assistant State's Attorneys, on brief), Baltimore, for respondents.

Anne L. Blumeberg, Alan T.L. Sun, Community Law Center Inc., Baltimore, for brief of amicus curiae in support of the respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and HARRELL, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Maryland Code (1974, 1996 Repl.Vol., 2000 Supp.), § 14-120 of the Real Property Article authorizes a state's attorney, a county attorney, an affected community association, or a municipality to bring an action in the District Court of Maryland for abatement of a nuisance against a property owner or occupant when real property is used in connection with illegal drug activity. Pursuant to such an action for abatement, the petitioner in this case...

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