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MD House, Senate pass emergency bills to ban ICE program
The Maryland House and Senate both passed emergency legislation to ban local authorities from entering into or continuing with certain agreements with ICE.
MD Senate moves anti-ICE bills closer to the House
Maryland Senate debated two bills, poised to pass next week, limiting ICE cooperation and banning law enforcement face coverings.
Touching a phone is not enough for a texting-while-driving stop, MD Supreme Court rules
Police officers can’t pull drivers over for texting while driving merely because they saw the driver touch their phone, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.
MD Supreme Court weighs how much proof cops need for texting-while-driving stops
The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could make it easier for police to stop people for using their phones while driving.
House passes bill removing marijuana smell as probable cause for police
The House of Delegates passed legislation that would bar police from detaining individuals simply because they smelled of marijuana.
Bill removing marijuana smell as probable cause clears House hurdle
The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to legislation that would bar police from detaining individuals simply because they smelled of marijuana.
Md. high court will weigh when consent to search can be withdrawn
The Maryland Supreme Court will consider whether a person’s consent to a warrantless search of their computer’s digital data can be withdrawn after a consented-to copy has been made by law enforcement.
Fleeing man, regardless of race, may give police reasonable suspicion, Md. high court says
A Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area may give officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop him, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.
Md. court reverses porn conviction, says consent to search was withdrawn
Law enforcement officers were constitutionally bound to honor a suspected child pornographer’s withdrawal of his consent to their pending warrantless search of his computer even though seven days had passed […]
Md. high court considers if fleeing Black man gives police reasonable suspicion
Maryland’s top court grappled with whether a Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area gives officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
Md. high court sets limits on smartphone search warrants
Search warrants of smartphones may not be so broad as to allow detectives to scour them for information beyond that related to the suspected criminal activity, Maryland’s top court ruled.
Md. high court to weigh if fleeing Black man gives police reasonable suspicion
Maryland’s top court will weigh whether a Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area gives officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop him.
