Legal Opinion
Dennis v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 13, 1996No. 18PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Judge.
This case presents the issue of whether a passenger in a vehicle whose driver has been stopped by police for a traffic violation may be convicted of disorderly conduct and battery when, rather than heeding the police command to remain in the vehicle, he walks away from the scene, and subsequently resists police attempts at detention. The Circuit Court for Somerset County found the petitioner, Brace Lamont Dennis, guilty of disorderly conduct and battery and sentenced him to two concurrent terms of imprisonment of 45 days.1 The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgments in an…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- New York v. ClassSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Okwa v. HarperCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Byndloss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Dennis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Hicks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2009
- English v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
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