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Ryan Lawrence Steck v. Maryland

Paid petition · Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, No. 705, September Term, 2017 · judgment November 28, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 24, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

When a drug-sniffing dog fails to alert as trained to but, according to its handler is behaving as if he is “in odor” of the presence of drugs, does that alone provide probable cause for police to search a car or does it merely provide reasonable suspicion for further investigation?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Nancy Susanne Forster
Forster & LeCompte

For respondent
Carrie J. Williams
Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 24 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 04 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
  3. May 29 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Maryland to respond filed.
  4. May 23 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 27, 2019)