(Download) "Herrmann v. Mcmenomy & Severson" by Minnesota Supreme Court # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Herrmann v. Mcmenomy & Severson
- Author : Minnesota Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 08, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
Police arrested Danny Ortega following a routine traffic stop of the car in which he was traveling as a passenger when a search revealed cocaine and marijuana. Ortega moved the district court to suppress evidence of his cocaine possession, arguing that the officer did not have reasonable suspicion to search him based on the knowledge that he possessed an amount of marijuana sufficient to support only a petty-misdemeanor offense. The district court denied the motion and found Ortega guilty of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance. We affirm the conviction because police have probable cause to search the occupants of a vehicle for drugs upon knowledge that even a non-criminal amount of marijuana is or was recently present in the vehicle.