State v. Pierce

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding stop of vehicle for “excessive muffler noise” and “noisy muffler”
• “It has long been held that the detection of odors alone, which trained police officers can identify as being illicit, constitutes probable cause to search automobiles for further evidence of crime.”
• “It has long been held that the detection of odors alone, which trained police officers can identify as being illicit, constitutes probable cause to search automobiles for further evidence of crime.”
• affirming conviction stemming from stop prompted by noisy muffler

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gomez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2007-09-05· cited 52×
• Skjefte v. Job Service North Dakota
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-08-20· cited 40×
• State v. Wigginton
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2005-09-09· cited 36×
• State v. Peterson
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1987-06-03· cited 33×
• State v. Lozar
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1990-07-31· cited 12×
• State v. Schuette
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1988-05-17· cited 3×
• State v. Propotnik
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1984-09-25· cited 2×
• State v. BEARDEMPHL
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2004-02-10· cited 2×
• State v. Stimpert
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-07-02
• State of Minnesota v. Raenard Romalle Douglas
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2024-09-23
• State of Minnesota v. Raenard Romalle Douglas
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2025-12-24

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rhode Island v. Innis
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,571×
• State v. Wiberg
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 53×
• City of St. Paul v. Myles
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-02-15· cited 27×
• State v. Willis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-06-18· cited 23×
• State v. Wicklund
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1973-03-09· cited 16×
• State v. Liljedahl
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-12-17· cited 8×
• City of St. Paul v. Moody
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-06-04· cited 7×