Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Illinois Supreme Court rules that the smell of cannabis alone cannot justify warrantless vehicle searches, reinforcing ...

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Police will no longer be able to use the smell of marijuana to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois ...

One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s ...

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An odor of burnt marijuana doesn’t justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois, the state Supreme Court said ...

Reversing a previous ruling from before the legalization of marijuana, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the ...