Odor of Cannabis Is No Longer Enough: What Williams v. State Means for Vehicle Searches
For years, officers in Florida’s Second District could search a vehicle based solely on the smell of marijuana. The assumption was simple: if it smelled like cannabis, it was probably illegal, and that was enough to open the doors and start searching. That changed with Williams v. State, a 2025 en banc decision from the
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