Washington v. State

Tyrie Washington v. State of Maryland, No. 15, September Term, 2022 TERRY STOPS – REASONABLE ARTICULABLE SUSPICION – UNPROVOKED, HEADLONG FLIGHT – HIGH-CRIME AREA – Supreme Court of Maryland* held that, assessing totality of circumstances, law enforcement officer had reasonable articulable suspicion to stop defendant based on defendant’s unprovoked, headlong flight from uniformed officers in marked and unmarked cars, with another person, that included jumping over fences and trying to hide behind bush, in high-crime area. Supreme Court of Maryland reiterated that reasonable suspicion must be…