Swift & Staley, Inc. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• distinguishing DeJesus on basis that officers \were legally in the hallway of the apartment\ when they smelled marijuana and \heard running sounds within the apartment\
• officers heard what they believed to be multiple people 13 \running around\ in apartment and occupant admitted that his \friend\ was in apartment
• sound of running and suspicious conduct justified entry where officer smelled marijuana that could be removed or destroyed
• strong odor of marijuana coming from apartment provided probable cause for police to believe that there was marijuana in that apartment
• strong odor of marijuana emanating from inside apartment, admission from defendant that he had smoked marijuana, and his nervousness and evasive behavior provided probable cause to believe there was marijuana in apartment
• \officers were allowed to perform a limited search of the apartment to determine that no one else was present who could have . . .destroyed the evidence remaining in the apartment\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).