Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia
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do the police have right to enter a hotel room without a warrant or without a hotel manger present if they smell weed in the hall way of the hotel?
Asked on 2/17/09, 8:02 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
Re: police
Sounds to me like it(the odor of smoldering cannabis) could amount to probable cause(meaning justification for the cops to enter the room without a warrant if they had reasonable suspicion to believe that the odor was emanating from a particular room).
Answered on 2/17/09, 10:17 pm
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