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jetman22
The police have case against my girl friend’s son based on hearsay testimony ( 190 mj plant are in his house) and the false claim that marijuana plants could be smelt from his front door by 3 police officers.
You say it is false; they will assert that it is true. Courts tend to side with the police in that type of "swearing contest".

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jetman22
Does the fact that they came without a search warrant indicate that they still needed to gather more evidence before getting one?
No. Presumably they were hoping to conduct a search by consent, to avoid the issues associated with obtaining, and possibly defending in court, a search warrant.

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jetman22
Does anybody out there have an opinion on the possibility that this recent screw up by the police might help his original case?
If the same officers were involved, it may cast some doubt on the quality of their sniff test. However, they may argue that it was a lingering odor, based upon the quantity of marijuana previously in the house.

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jetman22
It’s been 5 months since the arrest and he still hasn’t been indicted. I check the county files daily and there is not even an arrest record on this case. Does this delay mean anything?
It probably means that the prosecutor's office is continuing to review the file, in advance of formalizing charges. That could be for any number of reasons, from the desire for more information from the police, to a perceived problem with the case or warrant, to being overworked.