DARRELL BELLARD v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Nazarian, August 31, 2016,
Murder – Sentencing – Statutory remnants of the repeal of the death penalty did not create a new sentencing procedure that allowed for election of sentencing by jury in 1st Degree Murder trials
DONZEL SELLMAN v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Greene, August 24, 2016,
Frisk – Nervousness, presence in a high crime area, conflicting stories, and questionable identity provided did not amount to reasonable suspicion that the suspect was armed and dangerous. Frisk was illegal.
(Dissent – Watts, joined by Battaglia – would find RAS for frisk based on totality of circumstances, would credit arresting officer as did fact finder)
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TERRANCE JAMAL GRANT v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Hotten, July 12, 2016,
Vehicle Search – An officer conducts a search that must be justified when he places his head inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle
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JOSHUA PAUL BOWLING v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Special Appeals, Graeff, Filed March 31, 2016,
CDS – Odor of Marijuana provides probable cause to believe evidence of “contraband or crime” is located within vehicle, thus justifying warrantless search without regard to quantity
STATE OF MARYLAND v. KERRON ANDREWS
Court of Special Appeals, Leahy, Filed March 30, 2016,
Fourth Amendment – Cell Phones – “The use of a cell site simulator requires a valid search warrant, or an order satisfying the constitutional requisites of a warrant, unless an established exception to the warrant requirement applies”
“People have an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in real-time cell phone location information”
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