Police do not need search warrants to get cellphone-tower records of suspected criminals in trying to track their whereabouts when the crime occurred, Trump administration tells Supreme Court in Baltimore case.

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A raw-marijuana smell from a car at a traffic stop enables police to frisk the passengers for weapons, an attorney for the state tells Maryland’s top court.

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The smell of marijuana emanating from a car gives police officers probable cause to search the vehicle, Maryland’s high court unanimously rules.

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Saying innocent people do not run from the police, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled Howard County officers were justified in chasing down and frisking a man who fled after seeing them, a search that led to the discovery of a handgun.

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The mere smell of marijuana emanating from a car in Maryland does not give police officers probable cause to search the vehicle, because the possession of less than 10 grams of the drug is a civil offense – not a crime – under state law, a defense attorney told Maryland’s top court last week.

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Saying individuals have a right to privacy when using their cellphones, attorneys for two convicted Baltimore bank robbers are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether police officers, upon smelling a strong odor of marijuana in the vehicle, may frisk all the passengers in a car they have stopped for a traffic violation.

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether police officers who smell marijuana emanating from a car have probable cause to search the vehicle without a warrant even though possession of less than 10 grams of the drug has been merely a civil offense – not a crime – for the past two years.

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Motorists pulled over during routine traffic stops have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the interior of their cars such that police officers must have probable cause, reasonable suspicion or reasonably fear for the public’s immediate safety before they stick their noses in the car and smell evidence of drug use, Maryland’s top court has unanimously ruled.

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Police do not need a search warrant to get the cellphone-tower records of suspected criminals in an effort to track down their whereabouts when the crime was committed, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in upholding the convictions of two Baltimore bank robbers.

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