'Slight' Smell of Marijuana Not Enough to Justify Extended Traffic Stop
By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/21
A Rhode Island Superior Court judge recently cited the trend of decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana in granting a motion to suppress evidence that was obtained during a 2019 search of a vehicle after a traffic stop. Judge David Procaccini found that a ‘slight’ smell of marijuana, coupled with a driver’s nervousness and the fact that the car was travelling on Route I-95, known to law enforcement officers as a drug-trafficking corridor, was insufficient to justify a prolonged traffic stop in...
By: Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP