Legal Opinion
Ferris v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 18, 1999No. 127, Sept. Term, 1997PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAKER, Judge.
Petitioner Peter Michael Ferris appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized by the police. Because the police officer in this case effected a seizure not premised upon the reasonable, articulable suspicion required under the Fourth Amendment, we shall hold that the Circuit Court for *362Washington County erred in denying Ferris’s motion to suppress.
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