Ptomy v. State of Florida

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2025-1029 _____________________________ LEJWOND LAMONT PTOMY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. John F. Simon, Jr., Judge. August 19, 2026 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Hatcher v. State, 342 So. 3d 807, 810 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022) (determining whether probable cause exists to search a vehicle by utilizing a “totality-of-the-circumstances approach”); Aldama v. State, 394 So. 3d 148, 151 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024) (finding probable cause to search where officers smelled marijuana in the vehicle and defendant’s answers dispelled a lawful explanation for the scent); Hoehaver v. State, 389 So. 3d 766, 768 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024) (concluding that the odor of burnt marijuana emanating from inside a vehicle supplied probable cause to search). OSTERHAUS, C.J., and LEWIS and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.  _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Tyler Kemper Payne, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Christina Piotrowski, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. 2