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Published by Jerry Coker
An American Is Not Required To Show Identification!
"There is a difference between an 'accosting' and arrest. One may be approached by an officer and questioned about his identity and actions." "However, failure to carry 'papers' and/or identification, or refusal to answer questions is not an arrestable offense."
-Cornish vs. State, 215 Md 64, 137 A2d 170, 173
NOTE: Logic dictates that if refusal to answer questions and/or show identification is not an arrestable offense, it is also not a criminal act!
THAT: HOWEVER, DOES NOT ALWAYS STOP THE POLICE.
Read this opinion from a 1959 Supreme Court case …
"Though the police are honest and their aims worthy, history shows they are not appropriate guardians of the privacy which the Fourth Amendment protects."
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