Booker v. State

Antonio Booker v. State of Maryland, No. 742, Sept. Term 2024. Opinion by Shaw, J. TERRY STOPS – REASONABLE ARTICUABLE SUSPICION – BLADING Blading, when a person positions or moves their body in a way suspected “to conceal an object from police view,” can be a factor that contributes to a reasonable suspicion analysis and a justification for a Terry stop. An investigatory stop pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, requires reasonable suspicion.

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(1968). We must determine whether the observed conduct reasonably suggested criminal activity. Crosby v. State, 408 Md. 490, 507–08 (2009). In making…