4th Amendment Current Event

Who: The Indianapolis police arrested Ashley Bell for possession of marijuana
What: Ashley Bell was pulled over by a police officer for an illegally displayed licence plate, and upon smelling raw marijuana the police officer hand cuffed her and gave her a pat down. 10 bags of marijuana was then discovered on her. Then when she was brought to court, the court found that it was not violation of the 4th amendment to arrest and search her without a warrant.
When: This happened July 28th
Where: This happened in Indiana at a traffic stop.
Why: The court said that this did not violate the 4th amendment because even though there was not threat of danger, the smell of raw marijuana is enough cause to enable a search without a warrant in order to find marijuana.
Correlation: This relates to the 4th amendment because Ashley bell was arrested for something totally different than what she was pulled over for and was searched without a warrant or threat probable cause. Which to me seem like a breach of the 4th amendment, but apparently its not.

Cited From:

http://www.theindianalawyer.com/warrantless-search-based-on-smell-does-not-violated-4th-amendment/PARAMS/article/34734