State v. Cohen

Docket number
84493
Date

Held that while a general odor of raw marijuana and evidence of vegetation on defendant’s shirt provided sufficient grounds for an initial warrantless search of defendant, passenger, and the passenger compartment of defendant’s vehicle, it did not provide probable cause for officers to extend the scope of the search to the engine compartment and trunk; officers therefore exceeded the scope of the automobile exception to warrant requirement

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