Richardson v. State

Anthony J. Richardson, No. 2386, Sept. Term, 2019 (Opinion by Wright, J.) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – FOURTH AMENDMENT – WARRANT REQUIREMENT – PARTICULARITY – Following the recovery of a cell phone located in an abandoned backpack, detectives applied for a search and seizure warrant to search the contents of that cell phone. Recognizing that the Fourth Amendment prohibits general warrants and requires that search warrants must “particularly describe the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized,” the Court of Special Appeals concluded that the application and affidavit in support…