Court says proximity to a drug market does not justify search of a home there

A federal appeals court threw out the 2019 gun possession conviction of a Calvert County man, agreeing with his argument that the warrant that allowed the search of his home was based on flimsy information.

By: Maryland Matters Staff

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: August 19, 2026

Words: 905

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A federal appeals court threw out the 2019 gun possession conviction of a Calvert County man, agreeing with his argument that the warrant that allowed the search of the home he was in was based on flimsy information.

A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a ruling handed down Friday, said the affidavit from police seeking a warrant to search a home in the Kent Bottom area of …

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