About 2 weeks ago 2 white males are traveling northbound on I95 In Camden County Georgia in a white 94 Toyota pick up with Florida tags. A Camden county sheriff pulls them over for impeding traffic (going 4 mph under the limit on the far left lane).
The sheriff asks the driver if he can search and the driver refuses a search. The police officer calls in the dog and the dog hits on the truck. Upon removing and searching the passenger the police found a quarter ounce of marijuana.
They are arrested on April 21, 2011. The drivers bale is set for roughly $2,000 while the passengers bail is set for roughly $1,000. There court appearance is set for June 10th. They are required to pay 100% of the bale before released the next day. They are now set for court on June 1st.
Those are the facts
my first dispute with this is a bad pull over. 4 under in a 70 on the far left lane with minimal traffic does not seem a good reason to pull someone over. They may be slightly irritating to other drivers wanting to speed or just do the limit but i don't see how this impedes traffic.
Another dispute was his probable cause. Why did he ask to search the vehicle he reported no odor of marijuana in his report. did he have probable cause and does he need probable cause to bring a dog out.
Then of course why was the driver taken into custody when he didn't have any marijuana on his person or in his truck. The passenger also admit to the police that all of the contraband belonged to him.
Then of course there is the blatant disregard for the defendants right to a speedy trial.
The sheriff asks the driver if he can search and the driver refuses a search. The police officer calls in the dog and the dog hits on the truck. Upon removing and searching the passenger the police found a quarter ounce of marijuana.
They are arrested on April 21, 2011. The drivers bale is set for roughly $2,000 while the passengers bail is set for roughly $1,000. There court appearance is set for June 10th. They are required to pay 100% of the bale before released the next day. They are now set for court on June 1st.
Those are the facts
my first dispute with this is a bad pull over. 4 under in a 70 on the far left lane with minimal traffic does not seem a good reason to pull someone over. They may be slightly irritating to other drivers wanting to speed or just do the limit but i don't see how this impedes traffic.
Another dispute was his probable cause. Why did he ask to search the vehicle he reported no odor of marijuana in his report. did he have probable cause and does he need probable cause to bring a dog out.
Then of course why was the driver taken into custody when he didn't have any marijuana on his person or in his truck. The passenger also admit to the police that all of the contraband belonged to him.
Then of course there is the blatant disregard for the defendants right to a speedy trial.