Kelly v. State

For eleven days in April 2010, police conducted tracking of Petitioner Wesley Torrance Kelly’s vehicle, using a global positioning system (“GPS”) device attached to the vehicle’s exterior. As a result of that GPS tracking, officers made observations and collected information they used to obtain warrants to search Petitioner’s home, a separate residence in downtown Baltimore, Petitioner’s vehicle, and three pawn shops. The State sought to use evidence obtained during execution of the warrants in separate prosecutions of Petitioner for charges arising out of burglaries that occurred in Howard…