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Legal Analysis: Florida Appeals Court Revisits Drug Dog Alerts in Warrantless Vehicle Searches In a recent decision by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Stephon Ford v. State of Florida, Case No. 5D2023-1995, the court addressed a pressing issue in Florida law: whether a drug-sniffing dog’s alert can establish probable cause for a warrantless…

Odor of Cannabis in Florida The Odor of Cannabis in Florida: A Legal Perspective Florida court upholds probable cause based on the odor of marijuana for vehicle searches despite hemp and marijuana legalization. Legal insights for defendants. We concede, without affirmatively holding, that such a circumstance (such as where the individual has a lawful prescription…