plain-smell-doctrine
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A370 | Eric Lebron Burney v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-09-30 | Presumed Complete | cannabis fourth-amendment plain-smell-doctrine probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure | Whether the "plain smell doctrine" remains valid when applied to cannabis today, because the odor of cannabis no longer plainly identifies an illegal … | |
| 18-9036 | Gregory Tarrel Brown v. Virginia, et al. | Virginia | 2019-04-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment civil-rights curtilage fourth-amendment plain-smell-doctrine probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio | 1. Was the entry by law enforcement on the curtilage of the property based on an unsubstantiated tip, without consent, violative of the Fourth Amendme… |