DUNNUCK v. STATE

No. 36, Sept. Term, 2001.

786 A.2d 695 (2001)

367 Md. 198

Marion Fransisca DUNNUCK v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy S. Forster, Deputy Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on brief) of Baltimore, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Devy Patterson Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief) of Baltimore, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


BELL, Chief Judge.

In this case, the issue that we must decide involves the interplay between Maryland Code (1957, 2000 Repl.Vol.) Article 27, § 594B and the limitations that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution places on the right of the police to effect a warrantless arrest in a defendant's home. We shall hold that § 594B did not authorize the arrest at issue in this case and, so, reverse the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals....

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