{"id":65040,"date":"2026-10-19T07:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65040"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:43:18","slug":"ca6-state-officers-arrest-for-violation-of-federal-mj-law-likely-wouldnt-violate-4a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65040","title":{"rendered":"CA6: State officer&#8217;s arrest for violation of federal MJ law likely wouldn&#8217;t violate 4A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dicta: While Ohio law is silent on whether a state officer could make an arrest for violation of federal marijuana law, it likely wouldn\u2019t violate the Fourth Amendment. United States v. Whitlow 134 F.4th 914 (6th Cir. 2025); United States v. Garrett, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 31568 (6th Cir. Oct. 16, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was probable cause for a warrant for video and audio from two doorbell cameras catching the crime. Alternatively, the good faith exception applies. The government raises standing, which isn\u2019t decided. United States v. Rodrigues, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 236878 (D. Mass. Oct. 16, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bodycam video supports the officer\u2019s conclusion the windows were overtinted. United States v. Harris, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 237230 (E.D. Tenn. Sep. 30, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dicta: While Ohio law is silent on whether a state officer could make an arrest for violation of federal marijuana law, it likely wouldn\u2019t violate the Fourth Amendment. United States v. Whitlow 134 F.4th 914 (6th Cir. 2025); United States &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65040\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,20,35,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conflict-of-laws","category-probable-cause","category-reasonable-suspicion","category-reasonableness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65041,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65040\/revisions\/65041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}