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· 9/8/2006

State v. Ofori

Citations

  • 906 A.2d 1089
  • 170 Md. App. 211
  • 2006 Md. App. LEXIS 151

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 Pringle decision is \absolutely dispositive\ in establishing that a dog alert on a car provides probable cause to search the driver and passengers because of the \close association\ between the contraband and the car's occupants
  • holding that the Pringle decision is “absolutely dispositive” in establishing that a dog alert on a car provides probable cause to search the driver and passengers because of the “close association” between the contraband and the car’s occupants
  • holding that the Pringle decision is “absolutely dispositive” in establishing that a dog alert on a car provides probable cause to search the driver and passengers because of the “close association” between the contraband and the car’s occupants
  • “[0]nce the K-9 ‘alerted’ to the probable presence of contraband drugs in the [vehicle], all Fourth Amendment uncertainty came to an end.”
  • “Once the traffic related purpose of the stop has been served, any detention based on the traffic stop should terminate and the stopee should be permitted to leave the scene immediately.”

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Judges: Panel Murphy

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