Norman v. State

Joseph Norman, Jr. v. State of Maryland, No. 56, September Term, 2016 TRAFFIC STOPS – FRISKS/PAT DOWNS – REASONABLE ARTICULABLE SUSPICION – ARMED AND DANGEROUS – ODOR OF MARIJUANA – Court of Appeals held that, where odor of marijuana emanates from vehicle with multiple occupants, law enforcement officer may frisk, i.e., pat down, occupant of vehicle if additional circumstance or circumstances give rise to reasonable articulable suspicion that occupant is armed and dangerous. Stated otherwise, Court of Appeals held that, for law enforcement officer to have reasonable articulable suspicion to…