13-02-2018 02:28 via vtdigger.org

Marijuana ‘sniff test’ ruling appealed to Supreme Court

Marijuana. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger
A man who lost a lawsuit alleging his car was improperly seized in 2014 after police caught the scent of burnt marijuana officially took his fight to the Supreme Court on Monday.The American Civil Liberties Union filed the appeal on behalf of Gregory Zullo, a black man from Rutland. Police say then-State Trooper Lewis Hatch stopped Zullo’s car because part of the license plate was obscured by snow, and impounded it after smelling marijuana in the
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