Roll Call Reporter

August 2008: Securing Premises During Search Warrant Execution: The " Do's and Dont's"

July 2008: Forcible Detention Of Passenger For Duration Of Traffic Stop

June 2008: Maryland's Constitution Does Not Give Defendants Greater Protection Than Fourth Amendment

May 2008: Officers Not Required To "Pat Down" Containers That May Contain Weapons Before Searching Them

April 2008: The Search Of A Locked Glove Compartment Is Within The Scope Of A Lawful Search Incident To Arrest

March 2008: Police Officers On Legitimate Business Do Not Commit An Unlawful Search Or Seizure By Approaching A Dwelling Marked With A "No Trespassing" Sign And Questioning The Occupants ("Knock And Talk")

February 2008: The Validity of an Arrest for Driving While Impaired Arising From the Operator’s “Actual Physical Control” of the Vehicle Depends on the Facts and Circumstances of Each Case and Whether Those Facts Establish that the Defendant’s Actions Posed an Imminent Threat to the Public

January 2008: It is reasonable for officers to infer that the driver and passengers of a stolen vehicle are engaged in a common criminal enterprise, and, consequently, all can be arrested subsequent to the traffic stop of the vehicle.

Appendix To LGIT’s Roll Call Reporter December 2007: Maryland Statutes Authorizing The Extraterritorial Exercise Of Police Powers By County And Municipal Officers

December 2007: Under Maryland Common (Non-Statutory) Law, a Police Officer Acting Outside of His or Her Sworn Jurisdiction is Generally Without Authority to Apprehend an Offender.

November 2007: When A Traffic Stop For Illegal Tinting Is Based Solely On An Officer’s Observations, The Officer Must Be Able To Articulate His Or Her Observations By Comparing The Appearance Of The Defective Window To One That Is Properly Tinted.

October 2007: The Police Community Caretaking Function Extends To Seizures Of Persons

September 2007: Probable Cause To Believe An Individual Is Committing A Civil Infraction Does Not Provide A Constitutionally Valid Basis For A Warrantless Search Of The Individual’s Person

August 2007: Deputy’s Use Of A Precision Intervention Technique Against Fleeing Motorcyclist Held Not To Violate Fourth Amendment

July 2007: Handcuffing a Suspect During an Investigative Detention is Tantamount to an Arrest Unless the Officer has an Objective Concern for His Safety or That the Suspect Might Flee
 
June 2007: The Existence Of Probable Cause To Arrest Does Not Automatically Justify A Strip Search, A Visual Body Cavity Search, Or A Manual Body Cavity Search.

May 2007: The Odor of Burnt Marijuana Emanating from the Passenger Compartment of a Vehicle, by Itself, Establishes Probable Cause to Search the Vehicle's Trunk

April 2007: Twenty-Five Minutes Taken By Officer To Issue A Traffic Warning Prior To Arrival Of Narcotics Detecting K-9 Unit Judged Unreasonable Under The Fourth Amendment.

March 2007: The Discovery Of An Outstanding Arrest Warrant Can Dissipate The Taint Of An Illegal Stop

February 2007: An Officer Is Not Required To Immediately Arrest An Individual Who Fails To Obey A Lawful Order Intended To Prevent A Disturbance Of The Public Peace

January 2007: Opening A Screen Door May Violate The Fourth Amendment If The Screen Door Acts As The Perimeter Barrier To The Residence

December 2006: A Warrantless Search Of The Passenger Compartment Of A Vehicle Incident To The Driver’s Arrest Properly Extends To A Container Belonging To A Passenger Who Is Not Under Arrest At The Time Of The Search

November 2006: Miranda Warnings and Field Sobriety Tests

October 2006: Developing Cause For A Second And Independent Detention During A Traffic Stop

September 2006: The Common Law Crime of Indecent Exposure Encompasses Intentional Conduct That Occurs Within a Private Home of a Third Party

August 2006: A Police-Citizen Encounter During Which the Officer Communicates Through Words or Actions That the Citizen Is Not Free to Leave Is a Seizure Under the Fourth Amendment

July 2006: A Violation of the "Knock and Announce" Rule Does Not Require Suppression of the Evidence Seized in a Search

June 2006: Odor of Burning Marijuana Detected by Officer at Open Apartment Door May Justify Warrantless Entry

May 2006: Canine’s Instinctive Intrusion into Vehicle’s Open Window during Narcotics Scan Did Not Violate Fourth Amendment

April 2006: Warrantless Searches of Shared Residences

March 2006: Detainee's Flight During Lawful Terry Stop as a Factor in Determining Whether Probable Cause to Make a Warrantless Arrest Exists 

February 2006: Disturbing the Public Peace and Speech Protected by the First Amendment

January 2006: Determining Whether Reasonable, Articulable Suspicion Exists to Support a Terry Stop

December 2005: Warrantless Search of Vehicle’s Air Bag Compartment

November 2005: Extending a “Stop and Frisk” to Areas Beyond the Suspect’s Person

October 2005: Constructive Possession of Narcotics

September 2005: Maryland’s Voluntariness Requirement for Suspect’s Confessions

August 2005: Detaining Persons at Open Air Drug Market During Warrant Execution

July 2005: Duty to Protect Victims of Domestic Abuse

June 2005: Frisk of Passenger in Stopped Vehicle

May 2005 - Operation Of Patrol Car During An Emergency Without Using Siren

April 2005 - Supreme Court Upholds Use Of Drug-Detection Dog During A Legitimate Traffic Stop

March 2005 - Maryland’s Intermediate Appellate Court Revisits “Knock And Announce” Rule

February 2005 - Probable Cause Inquiry Not Limited by Offense Identified by Officer

January 2005 - The Supreme Court Revisits The “Qualified Immunity” Defense

December 2004 - The "Penknife" Exception In Maryland's Concealed Weapons Statute

November 2004 - "No-Knock" Search and Seizure Warrants

October 2004 - Disclosure Of An Officer's Internal Affairs Records

September 2004 - Arresting All Occupants Of A Car

August 2004 - Police Enforcement Of Child Custody Orders

July 2004 - "Stop and Identify" Statutes

June 2004 - Search of Parked Vehicle