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NC Man Warns Justices Of 'Odor Alone' Pot-Search Dangers

By Mike Curley ( August 1, 2025, 10:46 PM EDT) -- A North Carolina man who pled guilty to firearms charges after police found a weapon in his vehicle after smelling cannabis is urging the state's Supreme Court to find that the odor alone is not enough to establish probable cause, saying the current state of the law means anyone carrying state-legal hemp effectively gives up their Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches....

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