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Marijuana Law – Keyed to Mikos
Iowa v. Cashen
Facts
Ross Cashen, Defendant, and five other people in a car, where stopped by an officer for a traffic violation. Defendant was seated in the back row of the car next to a window with his girlfriend on his lap. The officer obtained consent to search and found a lighter and Zig-Zag cigarette rolling papers on Defendant’s person. Defendant’s girlfriend as searched by another officer, and the officer found also cigarette rolling paper and a small baggie of marijuana seeds in her pants pocket. Subsequently, the driver consented to a search of the vehicle, in which the officer found a baggie of marijuana wedged in the rear seat where Defendant and his girlfriend were previously seated. Defendant denied having knowledge of the marijuana. Defendant was arrested and placed in jail. Once in jail, Defendant asked the officer is anyone claimed ownership of the marijuana. The officer said no and asked if he thought someone should claim ownership of it. Thereafter, Defendant said the marijuana belonged to his girlfriend.
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