Torres v. State

SALMON, Judge.

This case causes us to interpret sections 2-202(a) and (b) of the Criminal Procedure Article of the Maryland Code (2001), which is declarative of the common law. 1 Sections 2-202(a) and (b) 2 read:

Warrantless arrests — In general.(a) Crime committed in presence of police officer. — A police officer may arrest without a warrant a person who commits or attempts to commit a felony or misdemeanor in the presence or within the view of the police officer.(b) Probable cause to believe crime committed in presence of officer. — A police officer who has probable cause to believe that a…