STATE OF MARYLAND v. JAMAL RASHEED SIZER
Court of Special Appeals, Moylan, Nov. 29, 2016,
Terry Stop – For Terry purposes, a “high-crime area” need not be as violent as Wardlow‘s south Chicago.

Affirmed on other grounds by COA

(Concur – Graeff- Agrees that stop was valid, evidence shouldn’t be excluded even if stop invalid, but disagrees and thinks the “but-for”/”attenuation” analysis is proper)
(Judge Moylan writes individually to explain the difference between Attenuation, Independent Source, and Inevitable Discovery)
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