SWIFT v. STATE

No. 98, Sept. Term, 2005.

899 A.2d 867 (2006)

393 Md. 139

Logan Hamilton SWIFT v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy W. McCormack, Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), for petitioner.

Kathryn Grill Graeff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

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


RAKER, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying petitioner's motion to suppress a controlled dangerous substance seized from him by the police. Petitioner Logan Hamilton Swift appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of contraband obtained by the police. Because a reasonable person would not have felt free to leave under the circumstances in which the police officer encountered petitioner, and the police officer lacked...

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