Across the state, law enforcement officials are figuring out how their work will be affected by a marijuana ruling in the Supreme Judicial Court this week. The state’s highest court said the smell of marijuana smoke is not reason enough for police officers to search a...
On April 19, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the odor of marijuana is not enough to cause police to suspect criminal activity. Many celebrated the following day, April 20, traditionally an unofficial “holiday” for pot enthusiasts. Here in Boston,...
The state’s highest court, overturning precedent and denying police a crime-fighting tool, ruled yesterday that the odor of marijuana smoke is not enough for officers to order a person out of a parked car, now that possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is no...
In a move that could further weaken the state’s marijuana regulations, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has made it tougher for investigators to sniff out possible pot crimes. The SJC ruled Wednesday that the odor of marijuana wafting from a car is no...
Local law enforcement officials say the state Supreme Judicial Court took away an important drug enforcement tool when it ruled that the odor of burnt marijuana is not enough for police to suspect criminal activity. “They took a tool out of our toolbox with this...
