A marijuana smell from a car with multiple occupants does not in itself enable police officers to frisk a passenger for weapons, says Maryland's high court.

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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of convicted Maryland drug offender who said police violated his constitutional right by searching his car sans warrant.

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Maryland’s top court will consider if or when fleeing upon seeing police officers justifies them giving chase and frisking for weapons the individual who fled.

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Police may search cars of drivers arrested on drunken-driving charges based on suspicion that open cans might be found inside, Maryland's attorney general says.

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Police do not need search warrants to get cellphone-tower records of suspected criminals in trying to track their whereabouts when the crime occurred, Trump administration tells Supreme Court in Baltimore case.

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A raw-marijuana smell from a car at a traffic stop enables police to frisk the passengers for weapons, an attorney for the state tells Maryland’s top court.

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The smell of marijuana emanating from a car gives police officers probable cause to search the vehicle, Maryland’s high court unanimously rules.

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Saying innocent people do not run from the police, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled Howard County officers were justified in chasing down and frisking a man who fled after seeing them, a search that led to the discovery of a handgun.

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The mere smell of marijuana emanating from a car in Maryland does not give police officers probable cause to search the vehicle, because the possession of less than 10 grams of the drug is a civil offense – not a crime – under state law, a defense attorney told Maryland’s top court last week.

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Saying individuals have a right to privacy when using their cellphones, attorneys for two convicted Baltimore bank robbers are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule

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