Lanae Tipton v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• probable cause provided by “perception by a police officer with training and experience in narcotics detection”
• detection of “a strong, fresh odor of burnt marijuana emerging from a motor vehicle provide[s] probable cause to search the vehicle”
• detection of “pretty heavy” marijuana odor inside passenger compartment of automobile provided probable cause to search both the compartment and the occupants traveling in it
• search of vehicle for narcotics could reasonably include issuing exit order to passenger to facilitate search of the vehicle
• odor of burnt marijuana in car entitled police to search interior and to issue exit order to defendant-passenger in order to facilitate search
• “the perception by a police officer with training and experience in narcotics detection of a ‘strong, fresh odor of burnt marijuana emerging from a motor vehicle provide[s] probable cause to search the vehicle’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).