Pre-Trial Detention Appeals for Drug Related Offenses: State v. P.J.C.

State v. P.J.C.: Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. After conducting a motor vehicle stop, a police officer smelled marijuana, and pursuant to the motor vehicle exception to the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against illegal searches and seizures, searched the occupants. The passenger and driver said they had purchased…