Post by Logan on Jul 9, 2016 7:53:48 GMT -6
PHOENIX -- In a case that would set new legal precedents, the Arizona Supreme Court will rule Monday whether the odor of marijuana is enough to give police legal reason for a search.
The justices will decide whether the fact that voters in 2010 made marijuana legal for some people to possess and use means its smell -- absent anything more -- is actual evidence that a crime is being committed.
What makes the high court's future decision more relevant is that neither of the two people who are challenging the searches that were conducted based on odor -- the searches that resulted in their arrest -- are medical marijuana users. But they contend, in essence, they're still entitled to the presumption of innocence, odor or not.
The justices are being forced to confront the issue because two separate panels of the state Court of Appeals last year reached diametrically opposed conclusions.
Read more: www.yumasun.com/news/marijuana-odor-case-heads-to-state-supreme-court/article_845bc546-455f-11e6-9f87-83ecd9ce109c.html
I have a simpler solution that will save plenty of money on attorney's fees--legalize it!