Opinion Excerpt

Antonio Booker v. State of Maryland, No. 742, Sept. Term 2024. Opinion by Shaw, J. TERRY STOPS – REASONABLE ARTICUABLE SUSPICION – BLADING Blading, when a person positions or moves their body in a way suspected “to conceal an object from police view,” can be a factor that contributes to a reasonable suspicion analysis and a justification for a Terry stop. An investigatory stop pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, requires reasonable suspicion. 392 U.S. 1 (1968). We must determine whether the observed co