Troopers were attempting to arrest Cobb on a “probable cause hold/pickup” on behalf of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, which is similar to a warrant.
In court documents filed in the case, Burrell’s defense team argues that he was improperly pulled over, and that officers had no reason to conduct a search.
“In the video of the stop, the vehicle never crosses the lane lines; further, any alleged violations were due to the officer following closely behind Mr. Burrell’s vehicle,” attorneys Paul Applebaum and Nico Ratkowski wrote in their motion.
Applebaum and Ratkowski also claim the sobriety tests were conducted because of an “imaginary cloud of smoke that allegedly came from inside the vehicle,” and say police never should have searched Burrell’s vehicle because “the odor of marijuana alone does not constitute probable cause to perform a warrantless search of a vehicle.”
Myon Burrell argues traffic stop leading to gun discovery was invalid
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