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Vehicle Searches Traffic Stops

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

'Slight' Smell of Marijuana Not Enough to Justify Extended Traffic Stop

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....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Byrd v. United States

On May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Byrd v. United States, No. 16-1371, holding that under the Fourth Amendment, the driver of a rental car may challenge the search of that car by law enforcement...more

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