Criminal law -- Search and seizure -- Vehicle stop -- Odor of marijuana -- No error in denying motion to suppress evidence discovered in defendant's vehicle during a traffic stop after law enforcement detected the odor of burnt marijuana. Court rejects argument that because the state has authorized medical marijuana, the smell of marijuana coming from a vehicle no longer provides law enforcement with probable cause to conduct warrantless search. It was not unreasonable for an officer to conclude that there was a fair probability that defendant, who was driving around in the early morning hours smelling of marijuana, was acting unlawfully.
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