Sebastian v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding patdown search proper where probable cause for arrest based on erratic driving and smell of burnt marijuana in vehicle
• finding that officers had probable cause to arrest and conduct warrantless search of driver and vehicle based on erratic driving and “distinctive odor of burnt marijuana emanating from the passenger compartment.”
• finding that officers had probable cause to arrest and conduct a search incident to arrest of driver and car based on erratic driving and “distinctive odor of burnt marijuana emanating from the passenger compartment.”
• “Because it was very cold outside and because [Officer] Williams was going to allow Sebastian to sit in the patrol car for questioning, [Officer] Caplinger told Sebastian that he wanted to perform a pat-down search of his outer clothing, and Sebastian allowed [Officer] Caplinger to do so.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).