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#1
02-20-2009, 03:45 PM
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Probable CauseWashington. If you are not in a car, can a police officer arrest a person or persons due to the oder of marijuana in a general area without any other evidence? |
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#2
02-20-2009, 04:07 PM
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| I disagree with the premise of your question as much as you want the facts to be that simple and vague. However, accepting your facts, probably not. However, at some level of smell, a reasonable officer of like training and experience would be able to tell the burnt marijuana smell came from the person or persons even though they were not in an enclosed space.
__________________ When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. --W. T. Pooh (aka A. A. Milne) |
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02-20-2009, 05:03 PM
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In general, no. The odor alone should not be sufficient to support a charge of possession of marijuana. - Carl
__________________ A Nor Cal Cop Sergeant "Make mine a double mocha ... And a croissant!" He Who Kneels Before God Can Stand Before Anyone ....author unknown |
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