Court of Appeals of Maryland· 5/6/1980

Stevenson v. State

Citations

413 A.2d 1340
287 Md. 504
1980 Md. LEXIS 169

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characterizing “reasonable grounds” and “probable cause” as “substantial equivalents” in the standard for a lawful arrest
inquiry’s focus is on whether an arresting officer used his official authority “to gain access to the information that lead to the belief that an arrest should be made”
officer may pursue suspected felon to make a legally binding arrest in a territorial jurisdiction other than the one in which he has been appointed to act
a peace officer who makes an arrest while in another jurisdiction does so as a private person unless the law of the place of arrest authorizes the officer to do so
since officers from the District of Columbia were not in “fresh pursuit” of the defendants at the time they arrested them in Maryland, they no longer had authority to arrest as police officers; consequently, officers’ acts must be examined as those of private citizens
authority to make arrest outside geographical territory is limited

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