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Junjie Li v. Rhode Island
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Rhode Island, No. 2021-153-CA · judgment July 27, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the slight odor of marijuana coming from within a car stopped for a passenger’s seatbelt violation, in a state where possession of one ounce or less of marijuana has been decriminalized, combined with the natural and meaningless nervousness of the driver and his travel on I-95, is sufficient to create a reasonable suspicion to prolong the traffic stop in order to have a drug-smelling dog search the vehicle for a criminal amount of marijuana?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John L. Calcagni III
Law Office of John L. Calcagni III, Inc.
For respondent
Christopher Robinson Bush
Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Order
Order list, March 18, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 18 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
- Feb 01 2024Brief of respondent Rhode Island in opposition filed.
- Dec 13 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 5, 2024. See Rule 30.1.
- Dec 12 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 4, 2024 to February 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 05 2023Response Requested. (Due January 4, 2024)
- Nov 29 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
- Nov 24 2023Waiver of right of respondent Rhode Island to respond filed.
- Oct 24 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2023)