State v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the smell of marijuana alone can satisfy the probable cause requirement for a warrantless search” of a vehicle
• holding that, in Idaho, smelling marijuana in a car supplies probable cause to search the vehicle
• holding that, in Idaho, merely smelling marijuana in a car supplies probable cause to search the vehicle
• noting probable cause established when trained officer detects smell of marijuana in vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Alan Lee Watts, Jr.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2011-08-19· cited 74×
• State v. Schmadeka
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2001-12-20· cited 12×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-12-27· cited 9×
• State v. Ricks
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2023-02-02· cited 9×
• State v. Williams
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1991-08-15· cited 1×
• State v. Grounds
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2026-02-20

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carroll v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-11-26· cited 7,454×
• Chambers v. Maroney
  Supreme Court· 1970-10-12· cited 4,391×
• United States v. Ross
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 3,985×
• California v. Carney
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-13· cited 1,276×
• State v. Montague
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1988-06-16· cited 166×
• United States v. Vernon Willis Bowman, Jr.
  Tenth Circuit· 1973-11-29· cited 67×
• State v. Capps
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-01-27· cited 37×
• State v. Caldero
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1985-08-05· cited 13×
• State v. Fowler
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1980-10-07· cited 12×