Tomlin v. State

Johnson, Chief Judge.

A police officer may stop a motor vehicle to conduct a limited investigation if she has a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct. The smell of marijuana provides an officer with a reasonable suspicion that marijuana is present in a vehicle. Narcotics Special Agent Holmes was driving behind a truck driven by Scott Tomlin when she saw a passenger in the truck smoking and then blowing smoke that smelled like marijuana out the truck window. Having smelled marijuana, Agent Holmes called for another police unit to conduct an investigative stop of the vehicle. Another unit…