HORNEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a search incident to one offense justified the seizure of items connected with another offense.
About 10:30 in the morning of February 27, 1962, the defendant (Alfonso Arkell Brooks, Jr.) went to the home of Margaret Griffith in Upper Marlboro, asked her where someone lived and told her he was interested in buying race horses. At that time she observed...
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