Leon Orr Arrested For Possession Of Marijuana, Has Really Dumb Twitter Background Picture
by Andy Hutchins on Jan 20, 2012 8:30 AM EST
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PrintIn case you thought things were going too well for the Florida football program, defensive tackle Leon Orr was arrested on January 10 for possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession or use of narcotic equipment, as The Independent Florida Alligator's Matt Watts broke on Thursday. Watts fills in some details from the police report:
The arrest report describes a scene on the night of Jan. 10 in which UPD officer Bradley Roberts searched Orr’s dorm room in building eight of Keys Complex about a half hour before midnight. During the search, which Orr consented to, Roberts found a "baggy of a green leafy substance, a glass pipe and rolling papers" on Orr’s desk and bedside table.
The substance was tested and confirmed to be marijuana. After being read his rights, Orr admitted to ownership of the marijuana, pipe and papers, according to the report.
Florida spokesman Dan Apple said in a statement that Will Muschamp "is aware of the incident and has handled the matter."
In case previous coverage of Florida arrests here hasn't already convinced you of this: Those who are arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty, and college kids who are dumb enough to get arrested are presumed to be dumb kids making relatively harmless mistakes.
Orr tweeting that he made one and has learned from it is a good sign. Orr using a picture of himself wearing a pro-pot t-shirt as his Twitter background is less promising.
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Take a look at Eric Rutledge's timeline if you get a chance.
Pineapple Express to the rescue I guess.
Officer Roberts
I can’t believe UPD has shrunk to the level of having to use Marshall defensive linemen as officers during the offseason. Damn state budget cuts!
In all kinds of weather...
The auto-tagger turns up all sorts of weird names because I insist on using full names in posts.
You wouldn’t believe how many Florida beat writers share names with college football players.
by Andy Hutchins on Jan 20, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, the auto-taggers will link to any of them that share the name. As long as SB Nation has a link to the guy in any sport, it’ll link it.
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If it makes you feel any better, I can’t figure out how to change my Twitter background.
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Consent to Search
- - It’s dumb to use pot, because it’s illegal. That may be the only reason.
- - It’s even dumber to consent to search by the cops when they don’t have a warrant! Especially if you have pot and drug paraphenalia out in plain sight!
Shouldn’t the students be told that they have the right to refuse search unless the police officer has a warrant??
In the UF dorms
You don’t have the right to refuse a search. You sign that away when you sign up. They can pretty much search whatever they want whenever they want.
Go Gata - Congresswoman Corrine Brown on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
by Miami Wade County Gator on Jan 20, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Authorized University housing personnel
I just read over the terms and conditions that can be found at http://www.housing.ufl.edu/apply/terms&conditions.php. It states the following:
6) Authorized University housing personnel may enter student rooms without the resident’s permission for maintenance/housekeeping purposes and fire/safety inspections. When authorized personnel have reasonable belief that a violation of a University regulation, local ordinance, state or federal statute is in progress, and/or for other emergency purposes, they may enter student rooms without notice.
So the question is whether police are considered “housing personnel”. IANAL but I wouldn’t think you’d have to waive your 4th Amendment rights just to live on campus.
It's a plain view situation, as I understand it.
The UPD can’t enter but they can send in maintenance or the RA to look. If it is in plain sight, they let the cops know and they can use that to get the warrant.
If, however, it is locked up and out of sight they can not search for it unless you have given them permission to.
I witnessed the Kentucky - Western Kentucky derpfest of '11 and survived to tell the tale
A little moot since Orr consented to the search, but...
My understanding (based on what I’m reading here) of “in plain view” is that if a popo is at your front door and can see something illegal, then it’s not a 4th amendment search issue. That doesn’t mean that if it’s on your bedstand that it’s fair game. The police have already begun their search by the time they get to your bedroom.
Also it seems that university officials can request a police presence, but police cannot co-opt university officials to do an otherwise-illegal search. Again, IANAL but I do like the Bill of Rights. :)
Is IANAL, like, a common abbreviation on the internets you frequent?
I’ve never seen it shortened to that before. Doesn’t seem like a common enough phrase to warrant its own acronym, but I figured out what it meant, so I guess it did its job…
In all kinds of weather we'll all stick together
Police officers will never EVER mention to you your right to refuse a search.
In practice, if they want to search your car/room/person after your refusal, they’ll go ahead and search. If they find anything, they’ll claim on the report that they smelled pot and/or that you were acting suspiciously, giving them the necessary pretext.
My anti-drug is football, because sometimes it is a better hallucinogen than anything you can get at Burning Man. - Spencer Hall 9/28/11
by car.full.of.midgets on Jan 20, 2012 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, and they can lie to you.
Actually I meant shouldn’t the coaches or somebody involved in student affairs tell them what their rights are. I imagine UF would have fewer arrests if the players knew not to consent to unwarranted searches.
Arrests like this, sure. On getting arrested because you want to shoot off an AK-47 in the parking lot of an apartment complex, let’s be honest here: Who hasn’t wanted to do that at some point?
Granted the parking lot I’ve wanted to do it in, have been vacant. But still…
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Hm
- It’s dumb to use pot, because it’s illegal. That may be the only reason.
I don’t know if dumb is the right word. I mean, we probably all break the law everyday in some small way (speeding, jaywalking, stampeding cattle through the Vatican,) but we do it because the risk is seen as quite low. I know quite a few people in Gainesville who are heavy, heavy marijuana users who have nary been sniffed by the Police. Keeping marijuana in your dorm room and then consenting to a search? Yeesh.
by Charles UF on Jan 20, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
(…stampeding cattle through the Vatican,)
If we ever do an awards thing like they do at Tomahawk Nation… “Best comment” “Best Poster” that kind of thing, if that comment right there doesn’t get 100% of the vote for best comment, the Internet should be shut-down for a month. Basically, SOPA and PIPA should be passed as punishment.
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Stampeding cattle through the Vatican?
Kinky
I witnessed the Kentucky - Western Kentucky derpfest of '11 and survived to tell the tale
"lesson learned"
…keep smoking weed, don’t get caught any more.
"When you argue correctly, you're never wrong."-Nick Naylor
by Hook85 on Jan 20, 2012 12:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Good to know that Florida is still Florida
I witnessed the Kentucky - Western Kentucky derpfest of '11 and survived to tell the tale
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