47 Md. App. 213 - Lee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The warrant was issued on December 19, 1978, eleven months later. There are no facts asserted to indicate any continuing activity between January and December of 1978 which would link the appellant to illegal drugs. It has been held that “where the affidavit recites facts indicating activity of a protracted and continuous nature, or a course of conduct, the passage of time becomes less significant, so as not to vitiate the warrant....” (Citations omitted.) See Peterson v. State, supra[, 281 Md.] at 317-18, 379 A.2d at 168-69. No such facts are presented in the affidavit utilized in the matter now before us. (Alteration in original).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Greenstreet v. State