Pulled over, Cop asks "when was the last time you smoked Marijuana" trick question?

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I have heard that cops sometimes use trick questions so they can search your car without reason.


I was pulled over the other day, it was a Friday night after Xmas and I saw at least 25 cop cars in a 15 mile distance, they were on the prowl looking for DUI's I guess.

So anyway I did a quick u-turn in a residential area with no blinker and a bike cop got me. He I had nothing to drink but he still had me follow his pen and tilt my head back to see if i was drunk or been drinking.

He then asked me "when was the last time you smoked Marijuana" not if I smoked marijuana... is this a trick question?

I told him I never smoked, but if i would have said "yes two years ago" would that have given him the right to check my car?

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  1. mouse111970 says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    possibly also you need to correct your sentence in fragment . He I had nothing to drink but he still had me follow his pen and tilt my head. evidently that marijuana you smoked two years ago is having an effect on you.

  2. Eagle1 Fox2 says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    It is a trick question. It wouldn’t have hurt you if you had said two years ago as that would not be probably cause, but when people are intoxicated or high, their mental processes do not work as well. What happens is if he says "do you smoke marijuana" most people are still coherent enough to say no. However, if he says "when was the last time you smoked marijuana" then it tricks people up because they are not ready for it. They are more likely to say something like yesterday, or this morning which may give the officer probable cause.

  3. withluvmariaxo says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    he would not be able to check your car if you would have told him that the last time you smoked was two years ago becuase he didnt have any proof.

  4. momoftwo says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    My question is why did you do a quick u-turn, or even do a turn without a blinker. Either one of those can give the officer probable cause.

    Did he ticket you for making a U-Turn? Some states they are legal as long as there is no sign posted, but other states it’s illegal no matter what.

  5. Peace Man says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    Really ? Youre not obliged to say a word. should have asked him when was the last time he did. Well at least he didnt put seven bullets into your head eh. Its the fear factor you do realise all this dont you. Guilty until found guilty for something. And justifying their existence when not dealing with bigger tougher crime.

  6. RIPGOP says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    The correct answer would have been: "I don’t know when I’ll smoke marijuana for the last time".

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