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Polk v. State

Citations

  • 835 A.2d 575
  • 378 Md. 1
  • 2003 Md. LEXIS 746

How courts have described this case

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

  • reviewing whether a police officer’s orders were content-based or content-neutral and in violation of the petitioner’s First Amendment rights
  • sustaining conviction for violation of disorderly conduct statute after refusal to abide by four or five police orders to remain quiet and leave premises
  • sustaining conviction for violation of disorderly conduct statute after refusal to abide by four or five police orders to remain quiet and leave premises
  • affirming conviction of hospital visitor whose prolonged and unreasonable screaming created a public disturbance
  • affirming conviction of hospital visitor whose prolonged and unreasonable screaming created a public disturbance
  • defendant engaged in a “scuffle” with the arresting officer, and “bit his arm, breaking the skin on his wrist”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Harrell, Battaglia

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