Founds v. State

Andrew Campbell Founds v. State of Maryland, No. 48, September Term, 2025. Opinion by Eaves, J. CRIMINAL LAW – MOTION TO SUPPRESS – SEARCHES AND SEIZURES – INDEPENDENT SOURCE DOCTRINE The Supreme Court of Maryland held that the Appellate Court of Maryland properly applied the independent source doctrine to affirm the denial of the Petitioner’s motion to suppress. Under the independent source doctrine, where a warrant includes observations derived from an unlawful search alongside independently obtained information, courts apply the objective excision methodology, asking whether the affidavit,…