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· 3/14/1995

State v. Kosman

Citations

  • 892 P.2d 207
  • 181 Ariz. 487
  • 186 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 5
  • 1995 Ariz. App. LEXIS 64

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that smell of burning marijuana, which indicated that marijuana was being destroyed, combined with the fact that occupants did not respond to police inquiry was sufficient exigent circumstance to justify warrantless entry
  • “Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the area outside his door because the area is a public place where anyone, including the police, had a right to be.”
  • no privacy interest in odor of marijuana smelled outside apartment door
  • no privacy interest in odor of marijuana smelled outside apartment door

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Judges: Kleinschmidt, Voss, Brooks

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