Olfactory expert testifies in marijuana case

An expert witness for the defense in a marijuana case testified in court Tuesday that it was impossible for a sheriff’s deputy to have smelled marijuana from duffel bags containing 80 pounds of processed pot in shrink-wrapped packages.

The defendant, Garth Alexander Gryte, has been charged with transportation of marijuana and possession for sale in connection with an Oct. 29, 2013, arrest, after the deputy stopped to help Gryte as he fixed a flat tire.

Lt. Alicia Burget testified in Nevada County Superior Court that she was driving on Highway 49 when she noticed Gryte out of his vehicle near Cement Hill Road; she said he was coming out of a ditch.

She said that she pulled over and then turned around to see Gryte walking with a jack and a spare tire, and that he told her he had a flat tire and had just moved his vehicle to...

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