Swift v. State

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying petitioner’s motion to suppress a controlled dangerous substance seized from him by the police. Petitioner Logan Hamilton Swift appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of contraband obtained by the police. Because a reasonable person would not have felt free to leave under the circumstances in which the police officer encountered petitioner, and the police officer lacked any reasonable suspicion to stop petitioner, we shall hold that the Circuit Court for Wicomico County erred in denying petitioner’s…