DEON LEROY WILLIAMS v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Alpert, Filed Dec. 2, 2016,
Strip Search – Strip search was lawful when conducted in police barracks incident to arrest for traffic violation given nervousness, large quantity of cash, and reliable informant information that the Defendant was in possession of drugs
STATE OF MARYLAND v. HECTOR LEONEL GUTIERREZ
& EDGAR PEREZ-LAZARO
Court of Appeals, Battaglia, Filed Jan. 28, 2016,
Possession – Sufficient to prove possession where defendants lived in a small apartment and gun and drugs were located in various common areas throughout the apartment; both stayed in apartment; papers for both found in apartment.
(Dissent – Greene, Adkins and McDonald join – State failed to establish ownership of apartment by defendant or proximity to contraband; no evidence adduced as to length of time defendants were there)