LEWIS v. STATE

No. 44, Sept. Term, 2019.

233 A.3d 86 (2020)

470 Md. 1

Rasherd LEWIS v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Todd M. Brooks , Assigned Public Defender ( Ioana Kastellorizios and Aaron A. Nichols , Assigned Public Defenders, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP, Baltimore, MD; Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Daniel Jawor , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.


In 2014, the General Assembly decriminalized the possession of less than ten grams of marijuana, making such possession a civil offense. Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law (2002, 2012 Repl. Vol., 2014 Supp.), § 5-601(c)(2). Since then, this Court has issued three opinions in three cases addressing the Fourth Amendment implications of such...

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