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In re: D.D.

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  • 479 Md. 206

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  • concluding the same with respect to decriminalization’s effect on the odor of cannabis emanating from a person
  • concluding the same with respect to decriminalization’s effect on the odor of cannabis emanating from a person
  • concluding that “partial decriminalization has reduced the level of certainty associated with the odor of [cannabis] on a person from probable cause that the person has committed a crime to reasonable suspicion that the person has committed a crime or is in the process of committing a crime”
  • concluding that “partial decriminalization has reduced the level of certainty associated with the odor of [cannabis] on a person from probable cause that the person has committed a crime to reasonable suspicion that the person has committed a crime or is in the process of committing a crime”
  • a Terry frisk, which protects “the police officer and bystanders from harm,” must be supported by reasonable articulable suspicion that the suspect is armed and dangerous
  • “[W]hile the smell of [cannabis] can justify a quick pat-down of a vehicle’s occupants if combined with some other pertinent circumstance(s), the odor, in and of itself, is insufficient to give rise to reasonable suspicion that a specific individual within the vehicle is armed and dangerous.”

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Judges: Biran

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