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Aguilar v. State

Citations

  • 594 A.2d 1167
  • 88 Md. App. 276
  • 1991 Md. App. LEXIS 169

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the scope of a Terry frisk did not permit the officer to remove the suspect's underclothing where nothing was felt during the frisk yet the officer continued to search for a weapon by pulling the suspect’s pants and underwear down
  • holding if a police officer pats a person’s clothing and finds only soft objects, further search is not allowed under Terry
  • holding if a police officer pats a person’s clothing and finds only soft objects, further search is not allowed under Terry
  • noting that “[t]he scope allowed for a Terry search has been expanded”
  • noting that “[t]he scope allowed for a Terry search has been expanded”
  • rejecting contention that police had probable cause to arrest appellant “because appellant was shirtless, wide-eyed, nervous, appeared at a place where drugs were, and asked for a person who had just been arrested”

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Judges: Moylan, Garrity, Bloom

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