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Md. high court leaves MTA fare sweeps in constitutional limbo
Maryland’s top court has left unresolved whether state transit officers violate the constitutional rights of light-rail passengers by putting on a show of force in conducting a sweep of the […]
Md. high court weighs whether MTA violated Fourth Amendment
An assistant Maryland attorney general and a defense lawyer battled before the state’s top court Tuesday over whether transit officers violated the constitutional right of light-rail passengers to be free […]
Court calls traffic stop search unconstitutional, reverses pot conviction
A Pocomoke City police officer’s tackling of a motorist stopped for allegedly being on his cellphone while driving invalidates the subsequent discovery of marijuana in the driver’s possession and car, […]
Md. high court will consider whether MTA police violated Fourth Amendment
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court will consider whether state transit officers violated the constitutional rights of light rail passengers by putting on a show of force in conducting a sweep […]
Ethnic profiling suit against Baltimore County can proceed, judge says
An El Salvadoran living in Maryland can proceed with her civil rights lawsuit alleging a Baltimore County traffic officer pulled her over because she looked to be Latina and subsequently […]
Top Md. court: Handcuffing suspect does not automatically constitute arrest
The use of handcuffs to detain a suspect does not constitute an arrest requiring probable cause if an officer reasonably suspects the person may be armed, the state’s top appellate […]
Md. woman’s unreasonable seizure lawsuit moves forward
A lawsuit filed last year by an Anne Arundel County woman who alleged she was jailed for a week because her identifying information was listed on an arrest warrant for […]
Md. high court weighs whether handcuffs constitute detention or arrest
A public defender and an assistant Maryland attorney general battled at the state’s top court Thursday over whether keeping an unarmed, illegal-drug suspect handcuffed in a Baltimore County parking lot constituted an unlawful arrest that should invalidate the subsequent discovery of more than 100 grams of cocaine in his hotel room.
