Minnesota’s Top Court Rebukes Cops Who Searched a Car After Claiming To Smell Pot That Wasn’t There
In light of the state’s marijuana reforms, the court says, the odor of weed is not enough to establish probable cause.
On a Monday night in July 2021, a Litchfield, Minnesota, police officer pulled over Adam Torgerson for violating a state law that limits the number of “auxiliary driving lamps” a car is allowed to ha…