Top NC court upholds conviction tied to cannabis odor again
The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a conviction in a Mecklenburg County case involving a defendant whose arrest was linked to authorities detecting cannabis odor.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not set aside its recent ruling upholding a defendant’s conviction in a case related to marijuana odor. Nor will the court hold new oral arguments in that case or a related case that has not yet been resolved.
A lawyer representing two clients in marijuana-related cases at the North Carolina Supreme Court is asking that court to set aside a recent unanimous ruling against one of his clients.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a defendant’s firearm and habitual felon convictions in a Mecklenburg County case after rejecting arguments linked to the similar odor of marijuana and legal hemp.