MD: No claim for false arrest under an arrest warrant approved by a judge on PC

After being acquitted in a bench trial on interpretation of the statute involved, plaintiff sued for false arrest and malicious prosecution. The arrest warrant was issued on probable cause by a neutral and detached magistrate, and the officers had to rely on the probable cause finding. The case fails. [Also, the acquittal appears baseless.] Rovin v. State, 2024 Md. LEXIS 313 (Aug. 15, 2024).

The officer here was on foot patrol in an apartment complex known as a high crime area, and he encountered defendant armed with a handgun who tried to conceal it and then flee. That was reasonable suspicion for a stop. United States v. Gomez, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 20837 (5th Cir. Aug. 16, 2024).*

Defendant’s traffic offense was reasonable suspicion for this stop, and the officer could order him out of the vehicle under Mimms. State v. Wright, 2024-Ohio-3142 (9th Dist. Aug. 19, 2024).*

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