Baldwin V. Commonwealth

Michael Theodore Baldwin was charged with three offenses, viz., drunk in public, possession of marijuana, and possession of psilocin (hallucinogenic mushrooms). The defendant filed a pretrial motion to suppress all of the Commonwealth's evidence on the ground that its discovery and seizure were tainted by an unconstitutional stop and search of his person. At a hearing conducted on that motion, the Judge of the Circuit Court of Hanover County, sitting without a jury, heard testimony introduced by the defendant. The Commonwealth offered no evidence.