bassman0115
Junior Member
Michigan
Recently, I was driving with a friend and my friend was pulled over. The officer said that she failed to signal a lane change. Then he said he smelled marijuana in the vehicle and asked everyone in the car to get out and be searched. I got out and asked him what the problem was and why we were being searched. he said he smelled marijuana. I asked if that gave him the right to search us, and he said yes. I had not given him the "okay" to search me, but he asked me to put my hands on the vehicle and searched me anyways. He found a small bag of marijuana, cuffed me, took me in for fingerprints, and sent me off with a misdemeanor ticket. (everyone else in the car was let go)
So we were pulled over for something we did not do. The officer even told the driver that if she contested the ticket, she would get off. While I was in the back of the police car, I even heard the cops talking to each other saying
cop 1: "So should I write a ticket for failure to signal?"
cop 2: "Yea, you better... to legitimize the stop."
Was this search legal?? Was the stop legal?? Can any of this info save me from this situation?
Recently, I was driving with a friend and my friend was pulled over. The officer said that she failed to signal a lane change. Then he said he smelled marijuana in the vehicle and asked everyone in the car to get out and be searched. I got out and asked him what the problem was and why we were being searched. he said he smelled marijuana. I asked if that gave him the right to search us, and he said yes. I had not given him the "okay" to search me, but he asked me to put my hands on the vehicle and searched me anyways. He found a small bag of marijuana, cuffed me, took me in for fingerprints, and sent me off with a misdemeanor ticket. (everyone else in the car was let go)
So we were pulled over for something we did not do. The officer even told the driver that if she contested the ticket, she would get off. While I was in the back of the police car, I even heard the cops talking to each other saying
cop 1: "So should I write a ticket for failure to signal?"
cop 2: "Yea, you better... to legitimize the stop."
Was this search legal?? Was the stop legal?? Can any of this info save me from this situation?