Jackson v. State

The relationship between a traffic stop and a Terry-stop for drugs is a fascinating one, particularly because of its frequently shifting nature. When the relationship is sequential and the traffic stop winds down before the Terry stop has attained viability, it will be a choppy crossing for the prosecution if critical evidence has only been recovered in the course of the late-starting Terry stop. Ferris v. State, 355 Md. 356, 735 A.2d 491 (1999); Whitehead v. State, 116 Md.App. 497, 698 A.2d 1115 (1997). If, on the other hand, the Terry stop bursts into bloom before the traffic stop has…