· 8/24/1999
United States v. Ozbirn
Citations
- 189 F.3d 1194
- 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 5448
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 20060
- 1999 WL 641875
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- concluding that the smell of marijuana emanating from a motor home during a traffic stop sufficed to form the reasonable suspicion necessary to justify the detention of the driver and the passenger
- holding driver consented to answer additional questions after officer completed traffic stop by issuing warning
- holding that the odor of marijuana Trooper Smith detected from the vehicle, along with other suspicious conduct such as the driver and occupant's nervous, talkative, and overly-friendly behavior, and vague description of their travel plans constitutes probable cause
- holding traffic stop was reasonable where no \adverse physical conditions existed\ and driver of motor home passed over onto shoulder \twice within a quarter mile\
- holding officer had probable cause when defendant swerved out of lane twice on a sunny, windless day while traveling up a slight grade
- finding that officer had probable cause to stop motor home which drifted onto the shoulder twice within a quarter hour under optimal road, weather and traffic conditions
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Judges: Baldock, Brorby, Kelly
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