September 24, 2019
New York Law Journal
By: Joel Cohen
In his latest column for the New York Law Journal, Joel Cohen looks at a ruling in which the judge cited “ubiquitous” police testimony about smelling marijuana during traffic stops in concluding that specific testimony in her case was questionable.
How far “may a judge go in doing so without citing meaningful authority for the proposition that such police ‘marijuana odor’ testimony is, indeed false and ‘ubiquitous’ in seeking to justify a vehicle search?” Joel asks.
Read the full article below.
September 24, 2019
New York Law Journal
By: Joel Cohen
In his latest column for the New York Law Journal, Joel Cohen looks at a ruling in which the judge cited “ubiquitous” police testimony about smelling marijuana during traffic stops in concluding that specific testimony in her case was questionable.
How far “may a judge go in doing so without citing meaningful authority for the proposition that such police ‘marijuana odor’ testimony is, indeed false and ‘ubiquitous’ in seeking to justify a vehicle search?” Joel asks.
Read the full article below.
