Reid v. State

This case presents us with questions regarding the use of certain technology about which we have not had occasion to opine before, in the context of the Fourth Amendment.1 The primary issue before us is whether the use by Baltimore City police of a Taser2 that fired two metal darts into the back of David Reid, the Appellant, affected a Terry3 stop or his *292arrest.4 The determination of the type of detention is pivotal, affecting whether a statement Reid made to the police that he had a gun in his pocket, and the gun itself, should have been suppressed by the Circuit Court Judge who denied…