Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Reversing a previous ruling from before the legalization of marijuana, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the ...

We’re going to destroy illegal cannabis in this city ... at a facility in just outside New York City where they were then burnt to a crisp. “We don’t want it recycled back into the communities.

Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without ...

The smell of burnt cannabis alone is insufficient to justify a warrantless police search of an automobile, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The laws on cannabis have changed in such a drastic way as to render the smell of burnt cannabis, standing alone, ...

Illinois Supreme Court rules that the smell of cannabis alone cannot justify warrantless vehicle searches, reinforcing ...

In a 6-0 ruling, the court found that cannabis laws in Illinois had evolved to the point that just catching a whiff of burnt ...