Buie v. State

McAULIFFE, Judge.

In Buie v. State, 314 Md. 151, 550 A.2d 79 (1988), this Court held that a warrantless “protective sweep” of the basement of a dwelling house violated rights secured by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution because the police did not have probable cause to believe, that there existed exigent circumstances sufficient to support the search. In Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S.-, 110 S.Ct. 1093, 108 L.Ed.2d 276 (1990), the Supreme Court of the United States held that probable cause is not required to justify a. warrantless protective sweep of a dwelling, at least where…