William Garriott (@profwillgarriott.bsky.social)

Very interesting development in the ongoing legal debate over whether the smell of cannabis can serve as probable cause to perform a search. Don’t think I’ve ever seen the distinction between raw and burnt given this level of significance before.

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Smell of Raw Cannabis Enough for Police to Search a Vehicle, Illinois Supreme Court Rules. Smell of Burnt Cannabis is Not The disparity — that the smell of unsmoked marijuana is justification for a warrantless search, while the smell of smoked pot is not — “defies logic,” Justice Mary K. O’Brien wrote in her dissent. https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/05/smell-raw-cannabis-enough-police-search-vehicle-illinois-supreme-court-rules-smell-burnt#:~:text=Politics-,Smell%20of%20Raw%20Cannabis%20Enough%20for%20Police%20to%20Search%20a,of%20Burnt%20Cannabis%20is%20Not&text=A%20whiff%20of%20raw%20cannabis,is%20legal%20in%20the%20state