FARGO (AP) -- A North Dakota judge has dismissed drug charges against an Oregon man, saying Fargo police illegally searched the man's hotel room.
Judge Wickham Corwin dismissed a felony possession of marijuana with intent to deliver charge filed Dec. 7 against 52-year-old Jerry Alan Selness of Springfield, Ore.
In an order dated May 26, Corwin ruled Selness did not voluntarily give police consent to search his hotel room.
After the room search, police say they found about 10 pounds of marijuana in Selness' vehicle in the parking lot.
Corwin ruled the drugs in the vehicle can not be used as evidence because that search stemmed from the illegal entry into the room.
