Legal Opinion

Carter v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 3, 2002No. 0891, Sept. Term, 2001PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHARLES E. MOYLAN, Jr., Judge,

Retired, Specially Assigned.

This case involves the Fourth Amendment law of “stop and frisk” pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). More precisely, it involves only the “stop” aspect of “stop and frisk” law. There was no frisk and the law governing frisks is not implicated in any way. See Gibbs v. State, 18 Md.App. 230, 239, 306 A.2d 587, cert. denied, 269 Md. 759 (1973), for the differences in the respective purposes of the two police procedures and their respective justifications.

The appellant, Dominique Carter, was…

2Cases cited64 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  2. Fitzgerald v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2003
  3. State v. RobbsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2009
  5. State v. OforiCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2006

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