AR: Investigating pot smell at motel, officers encountered man who reeked of marijuana; stop reasonable

Officers received a call from a motel complaining of the smell of marijuana. Walking up the stairs, they encountered defendant coming down the stairs who reeked of marijuana and stopped him, asked about marijuana, and he produced a bag from his pocket. The stop was reasonable, considering that’s why the officers were called to the motel in the first place. Spradlin v. State, 2015 Ark. App. 166 (March 11, 2015).

“In this case, we consider whether there is a principled basis for interpreting Article I, Section 10, of the Minnesota Constitution to require greater protection than the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution in the context of a warrantless search of garbage set out for collection in an area accessible to the public. Applying the principles articulated in Kahn v. Griffin, 701 N.W.2d 815 (Minn. 2005), to the facts of this case, we do not have a ‘clear and strong conviction’ that there is a principled basis for interpreting Article I, Section 10, of the Minnesota Constitution to require greater protection than the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We therefore affirm.” State v. McMurray, 2015 Minn. LEXIS 113 (March 11, 2015).