ROSALES v. STATE (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Juan Benito ROSALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D23-1857

Decided: July 31, 2024

Before EMAS, LINDSEY and GORDO, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Susan S. Lerner, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See § 381.986(1)(k)(5)(f) (excluding from “medical use” the “[u]se or administration of marijuana in ․ a school bus, a vehicle, an aircraft, or a motorboat, except for low-THC cannabis not in a form for smoking”) (emphasis added); Johnson v. State, 275 So. 3d 800, 802 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (“[E]ven if smoking marijuana were legal altogether, the officers would have had probable cause based on the fact that Johnson was operating a car ․ [T]he possibility that a driver might be a medical-marijuana user would not automatically defeat probable cause ․ Here, we cannot say that it would be unreasonable for an officer to conclude there is a fair probability that someone driving around ․ smelling of marijuana, is acting unlawfully. And this is true whether or not Florida law allows the medical use of marijuana in some circumstances.”).

PER CURIAM.

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