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Odor-based pot arrests are unconstitutional: Md. high court
Police officers lack probable cause to arrest and search someone for marijuana possession simply for smelling of the drug, because possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana is not […]
4th Circuit denies expedited review of Baltimore surveillance ruling
A federal appeals court has rejected a request from civil rights groups that it expedite its consideration of their constitutional challenge to the Baltimore Police Department’s use of aerial surveillance […]
ACLU seeks expedited review of Baltimore aerial surveillance ruling
Saying time is of the essence when the Constitution is at stake, civil rights groups are urging a federal appeals court to expedite consideration of whether the Baltimore Police Department’s […]
Md. high court reinstates police brutality verdict
In a case centering on video of a police-involved shooting, a divided Maryland high court Tuesday reinstated a jury’s civil verdict that a Baltimore officer used excessive force by firing […]
Federal judge OKs police use of aerial surveillance in Baltimore
A federal judge on Friday gave the Baltimore Police Department an all-clear to begin using aerial surveillance to fight crime in the city, rejecting arguments that the overflights would violate […]
Baltimore police department: Aerial surveillance constitutional
The Baltimore Police Department this week defended the constitutionality of its planned use of aerial surveillance of the city, citing BPD’s compelling need to fight violent crime and saying Baltimoreans […]
ACLU seeks to block aerial surveillance as unconstitutional
A civil rights group is seeking a federal court order to block the Baltimore Police Department’s planned aerial surveillance of the city, saying the crime-fighting tactic would violate Baltimoreans’ constitutional […]
High court declines to reinstate love-affair murder conviction
Maryland’s top court has declined to reinstate the murder conviction of a man accused of clubbing his girlfriend’s husband to death, saying a mistrial should have been declared when testimony […]
Supreme Court declines to hear Baltimore carjacker’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand without comment the carjacking conviction of a Baltimore man who led police on a high-speed chase into Fort Meade five years ago […]
Digital-privacy group backs carjacker’s Supreme Court appeal
Cellphones should not be treated like garbage, a digital-privacy group stated Friday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a man who led police on a […]
4th Circuit requests additional facts in cell site simulator case
A federal appeals court remanded a Baltimore man’s lawsuit over the use of a cell site simulator to locate him, ordering the trial court to make more factual findings about the device. Kerron […]
Baltimore man appeals carjacking conviction to Supreme Court
A Baltimore man who led police on a high-speed car chase into Fort Meade five years ago has appealed his subsequent carjacking conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. In papers […]
