{"id":2257,"date":"2024-09-20T04:37:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/illinois-top-court-says-odour-of-burnt-marijuana-isnt-enough-to-search-car\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T05:00:00","slug":"illinois-top-court-says-odour-of-burnt-marijuana-isnt-enough-to-search-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/news\/2257\/illinois-top-court-says-odour-of-burnt-marijuana-isnt-enough-to-search-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois’ top court says odour of burnt marijuana isn’t enough to search car"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAMBRIDGE, Ill. (AP) — An odour of burnt marijuana doesn't justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois, the state Supreme Court said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The court affirmed lower court rulings that threw out evidence of a small amount of marijuana discovered during a traffic stop in Henry County in 2020.<\/p>\n

It is illegal to drive and smoke marijuana. But lawyers for the driver argued that the smell of burnt marijuana is not enough to believe a crime has occurred, especially after Illinois legalized the possession of marijuana in 2019.<\/p>\n

The driver denied smoking in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

“There are now a myriad of situations where cannabis can be used and possessed, and the smell resulting from that legal use and possession is not indicative of the commission of a criminal offense,” Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. said in the 6-0 opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A police officer said he searched the car because of the odor, the driver's evasiveness and Interstate 80's reputation as an east-west corridor to move drugs.<\/p>\n

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CAMBRIDGE, Ill. (AP) — An odour of burnt marijuana doesn't justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois, the state Supreme Court said Thursday. The court affirmed lower court rulings that threw out evidence of a small amount of marijuana discovered during a traffic stop in Henry County in 2020. It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":4111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"The Associated Press","byline":"The Associated Press","published":"2024-09-20T04:37:44","updated":"2024-09-20T22:00:00","_infotelid":"IT106573","_prepressid":"106573","_multisite_post_sync":null,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[379,2,391,381],"tags":[],"region":[309,310,311,312],"class_list":["post-2257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured3","category-in420","category-nonit","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/news\/2257\/illinois-top-court-says-odour-of-burnt-marijuana-isnt-enough-to-search-car\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Illinois’ top court says odour of burnt marijuana isn’t enough to search car","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/news\/2257\/illinois-top-court-says-odour-of-burnt-marijuana-isnt-enough-to-search-car\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/news\/2257\/illinois-top-court-says-odour-of-burnt-marijuana-isnt-enough-to-search-car\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/the-illinois-supreme-court-ruled.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/the-illinois-supreme-court-ruled.jpg"},"articleSection":"featured3","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Howard Alexander"}],"creator":["Howard Alexander"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iN420","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-09-20T11:37:44Z","datePublished":"2024-09-20T11:37:44Z","dateModified":"2024-09-21T05:00:00Z"},"rendered":"