Dunnuck v. State

BELL, Chief Judge.

In this case, the issue that we must decide involves the interplay between Maryland Code (1957, 2000 Repl.Vol.) Article 27, § 594B and the limitations that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution places on the right of the police to effect a warrantless arrest in a defendant’s home. We shall hold that § 594B did not authorize the arrest at issue in this case and, so, reverse the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals.

The Supreme Court of the United States has considered and discussed, at length, the permissible limits of warrantless arrests. 1 See Welsh v.…