Illinois Supreme Court: Smell of Weed is Not Probable Cause to Search Vehicle
Simply smelling burnt cannabis does not give a police officer the right to conduct a warrantless search of an automobile, the Illinois State Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. Citing significant changes in Illinois marijuana laws, Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. wrote that an Illinois state police officer who pulled over a Chicago man on Interstate 80 did not have probable cause to search the car based only on the fact that he smelled weed. The…
