Richardson v. State

Anthony J. Richardson v. State of Maryland, No. 46, September Term, 2021. Opinion by Biran, J. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FOURTH AMENDMENT – ABANDONMENT – After a school resource officer broke up a fight in which Petitioner was involved, Petitioner’s backpack dropped from his body to the ground. Petitioner reached for the backpack, but the officer picked up the backpack before Petitioner could do so. Without a further word, Petitioner fled the scene. The Court of Appeals held that, in these circumstances, Petitioner relinquished his reasonable expectation of privacy in his backpack and therefore…