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Eugene

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Tue Aug 23, 2016, 09:53 PM Aug 2016

Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Tue Aug 23, 2016 6:14pm EDT

Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court

By Jonathan Stempel

A federal appeals court on Tuesday said police officers cannot stop and search vehicles belonging to out-of-state motorists simply because of where they reside, including states where marijuana use is legal.

By a 2-1 vote, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver said two Kansas Highway Patrol officers violated the constitutional rights of Colorado motorist Peter Vasquez in December 2011 by pulling him over and searching his car after he had been driving alone at night on Interstate 70.

The officers relied heavily on Vasquez's residency to justify the search, which uncovered nothing illegal, saying Colorado was a known "drug source" where marijuana is legal.

But the court said that would justify searching motorists from the 25 U.S. states that permit marijuana use for medical purposes, and the four states, including Colorado, plus Washington, D.C., where recreational use is allowed.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-marijuana-motorists-idUSKCN10Y2A0
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Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2016 OP
That ruling will irk a lot of our uniformed racketeers. nt villager Aug 2016 #1
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