Can you fight a possession of marijuana charge if you were pulled over was for a traffic violation but you ended up never recieving a ticket for the violation?
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Can you fight a possession of marijuana charge if you were pulled over was for a traffic violation but you ended up never recieving a ticket for the violation?
The whole reason for the stop was traffic not drug related.
Asked on May 27, 2012 under Criminal Law, Idaho
Answers:
Kevin Bessant / Law Office of Kevin Bessant & Associates
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If a police officer has probable cause to pull your vehicle over for a traffic/moving violation (i.e. speeding, running a red light or stop sign etc), and in the process of pulling you over they smell the odor of marijuana or have reason to believe that you are in possession of or under the influence of marijuana, they can arrest you or issue you a citation for possession of marijuana. This charge will uphold even if they never issue you a citation for the actual traffic violation. One way to challenge this is to challenge the actual stop if the officer never had probable cause to pull you over in the first place, but this would all depend on the specific facts of your case.
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