State v. Skonberg

The defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. The assignments of error relate to the ruling of the trial court on the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence which was discovered through a search of his luggage.

The defendant purchased an airline ticket to Minneapolis at the Omaha airport on the morning of May 17, 1974. At that time he checked two suitcases at the ticket counter which were then placed in a baggage room. A senior passenger agent for the airline who handled the suitcases noticed the smell of marijuana about them and…