No. 18-117

Brian Grimm v. Maryland

Lower Court: Maryland
Docketed: 2018-07-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-law dog-sniff fourth-amendment probable-cause reliability search-and-seizure standard-of-review
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. When a defendant challenges the reliability of a
dog's reported alert to the possible presence of drugs in
a vehicle, in accordance with Florida v. Harris , 568
U.S. 237 (2013), and the trial court rules that the dog
reliably alerted, which suffices to establish probablecause to search the vehicle, what standard of appellate
review of the trial court's ruling that the dog reliablyalerted does the Fourth Amendment require?

2. Did the dog reliably alert to the possible
presence of drugs in the vehicle driven by Petitioner forpurposes of establishing probable cause to search thevehicle?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a defendant challenges the reliability of a dog's reported alert to the possible presence of drugs in a vehicle, what standard of appellate review of the trial court's ruling that the dog reliably alerted does the Fourth Amendment require?

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent State of Maryland to respond filed.
2018-07-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2018)

Attorneys

Brian Grimm
Jeffrey Mark RossMaryland Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Maryland
Carrie J. WilliamsOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent