GA joins jurisdictions finding smell of raw marijuana PC

“Based on the foregoing cases, it appears to be widely accepted in numerous jurisdictions that a trained police officer’s detection of the odor of raw marijuana can be the sole basis for the issuance of a search warrant, and we see no legitimate reason why Georgia should refrain from following this rationale.” State v. Kazmierczak, 2015 Ga. App. LEXIS 250 (March 30, 2015).

A report from another police department that defendant might have been involved in a shooting incident was reasonable suspicion. State v. Ross, 2015-Ohio-1182, 2015 Ohio App. LEXIS 1144 (3d Dist. March 30, 2015).*

Window tint justified defendant’s stop, and then the officer smelled marijuana, and that was PC. State v. Beavers, 2015-Ohio-1161, 2015 Ohio App. LEXIS 1133 (2d Dist. March 27, 2015).*