CA9 – Rosenbaum v. City of San Jose, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 16975 (9th Cir. July 11, 2024) – Excessive Duration on Bite
9th Circuit CA- Rosenbaum v. City of San Jose, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 16975 (9th Cir. July 11, 2024) K9 Use of Force - Excessive Duration - [...]
KY: Testimony not supported by video – motion to suppress granted
United States v. Edmonds, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74570 (E.D. Ky. Apr. 24, 2024) "In the bodycam footage, Trooper Gabriel told Edmonds that Dragon gave a passive [...]
IOWA: Drug dog nose entering vehicle (4 to 6 inches) prior to “final alert” was a search.
United States v. Malachi Patton Handley N.D. Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division Ok guys and gals, this one is a bit confusing but some key take-a-ways for Iowa. [...]
AR Arkansas: Computer crash losing drug dog’s performance record doesn’t doom search
AR Arkansas: Computer crash losing drug dog’s performance record doesn’t doom search The loss of the drug [...]
WI Wisconsin: Drug dog’s entering car was trespass, and “instinct exception,” even if it could be recognized, doesn’t apply
State v. Campbell, 2024 Wisc. App. LEXIS 185 (Mar. 5, 2024) WI: Drug dog’s entering car was [...]
GA Georgia: Officer didn’t have to distinguish between smell of MJ, hemp, and CBD to have PC to search car
Under existing precedent, the smell of suspected marijuana couldn’t be distinguished between hemp and CBD, and that [...]
NY: New York Dog sniff of the person is a search
People v. Butler State of New York A dog sniff of the person is a search. There [...]
CA10 – United States v. Goldberg – Positive Alert without Final Trained Response is Sufficient
United States v. Goldberg 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 7431 (10th Cir. Mar. 15, 2021) U.S. Court of [...]
K9 Case Law and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals – Chain of Command
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of America. [...]