The smell of burnt marijuana emanating from a car may give police probable cause to search the vehicle but not to arrest and search the occupant unless the officers had probable cause to suspect he or she possessed at least ...

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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of convicted Maryland drug offender who said police violated his constitutional right by searching his car sans warrant.

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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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Police have broad authority to search without a warrant the cars of drivers they arrest on suspicion of drunken driving, Maryland’s top court has unanimously ruled.

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