The smell of raw cannabis is grounds for police to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The decision runs counter to the court’s previous ruling that the smell of burnt ...

The issue stems from two state Supreme Court decisions, one that said police can’t search a car if they smell burnt cannabis, but they can search a car for the smell of raw cannabis.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in two cases last year whether the scent of cannabis is probable cause to perform a warrantless search. In People v.

Senate Bill 42, sponsored by Sen. Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, is a response to a September 2024 Illinois Supreme Court decision that held the smell of burnt cannabis alone was insufficient to ...

The bill comes after a pair of rulings dating back to September 2024, in which the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the smell of burnt cannabis did not give officers probable cause to search a ...

The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled in September, with White abstaining, that the smell of burnt cannabis does not indicate a crime has been committed and does not give police probable ...

Dec. 10—SPRINGFIELD — The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after the court ruled the ...

The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled in September, with White abstaining, that the smell of burnt cannabis does not indicate a crime has been committed and does not give police probable ...

The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after the court ruled the smell of burnt ...

SPRINGFIELD – The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week.