State v. Moore

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 2000-09-20

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Lundberg Stratton, J. The appellate court certified the following issue for our review and resolution: “Is the odor of burnt marijuana, alone, sufficient to provide probable cause to search a defendant’s motor vehicle?” We answer the certified question in the affirmative and hold that the smell of marijuana, alone, by a person qualified to recognize the odor, is sufficient to establish probable cause to search a motor vehicle, pu…

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