Dec. 10—SPRINGFIELD — The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after the court ruled the ...

Dec. 5—The smell of raw marijuana alone is enough probable cause for an officer to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday, reversing the decision of a Whiteside County judge ...

Dec. 10—SPRINGFIELD — The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after the court ruled ...

SPRINGFIELD – The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after the court ruled the smell ...

Police officers in Illinois can conduct warrantless searches of vehicles based solely on the smell of raw cannabis, thanks to a decision by the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday. However, the 4-2 ...

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that police can search vehicles if they smell raw cannabis. The ruling contradicts another decision that the smell of burnt cannabis isn’t enough for a search.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the odor of raw cannabis is sufficient to justify a warrantless vehicle search. The appellant, Vincent Molina, was a passenger in a car stopped by a ...