MARK ALLEN v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Tom Baden//July 9, 2020//

Tom Baden//July 9, 2020//

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Criminal procedure — Motion to suppress evidence — Probable cause to arrest

Appellant, Mark Allen, was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, and charged with possession of a firearm with a nexus to drug trafficking, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, and other related offenses. After his motion to suppress was denied, the court accepted appellant’s conditional plea, with right to appeal, to one count of possession of a firearm with a nexus to drug trafficking. Pursuant to that plea, appellant was sentenced to seven years’ incarceration, the first five without possibility of parole. On this timely appeal …

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