Elijah Holyfield told a University of Georgia police officer he was spending his Sunday evening watching television on his couch. But the reason he was in a position to answering such a question was because a resident assistant smelled marijuana coming from his dorm at Vandiver Hall.
According to a police report of Holyfield's arrest for two misdemeanor marijuana charges, his dorm room smelled strongly of marijuana upon the door opening. Holyfield's eyes were "bloodshot," the report stated, although he denied smoking marijuana upon the officer asking him.
After no contraband was spotted in the living area, the officer asked Holyfield if he could search his bedroom, to which Holyfield denied.