Month: August 2016

Reasonable suspicion existed to justify a Terry stop and detention

by [email protected] | Aug 20, 2016 | Search-Frisk

In Chase v. State, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that not only did police officers have reasonable suspicion of drug dealing sufficient to support an investigative detention but the officers' belief that the suspects may be armed and dangerous, based upon the...

Conviction reversed where defendant absent during critical stage of jury deliberations and when mistrial declared

by [email protected] | Aug 20, 2016 | Commentary

The Maryland Court of Appeals reversed a conviction where it found that the defendant was not present during critical stages of jury deliberations and when the court declared a mistrial over the objections of defense counsel. A jury note was received by the...