Kayla Murphy

that would probably depend on the state and the circumstances.

So like, um, like in Washington state, we have legal marijuana, right?

So just a cop, like smelling marijuana in your vehicle is probably not going to be sufficient, but you know, maybe in one of these Southern states, it's like, maybe, maybe that does get them there.

Um, basically in order for police to like

get to the next step, they have to meet certain thresholds.

So like, if they want to investigate you for a crime, they have to have reasonable suspicion.

Okay.

And this is just for a brief detention and investigation.

And so...

So picture like a ladder, right?

So first step, reasonable suspicion if they just want to investigate you.

Now, it's just the first step, right?

So not a whole lot of evidence is needed, but it's more than nothing.

And there are certain rules about like what is sufficient and what isn't.

Like cops can't rely solely on innocuous facts.

to justify an investigation.

And innocuous facts are facts which could have like an innocent explanation just as easily as they could have a potential like criminal explanation.

You know what I mean?

Like, gosh, I'm trying to understand.

Like whether it's legally sufficient, like for us to like be able to fight it later is kind of a different situation than if they're going to try to argue that it's sufficient on the ground.