21 04, 2015

S.C.O.T.U.S. – Extended Detention and the K9 Sniff – Rodriguez v United States

By |2021-02-08T16:23:24+00:00April 21st, 2015|SCOTUS, Vehicle Sniffs|0 Comments

Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015) DENNYS RODRIGUEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT April 21, 2015 JUSTICE GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. In Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U. S. 405 (2005), this Court held that a dog sniff conducted during a lawful traffic stop does not violate the Fourth Amendment’s proscription of unreasonable seizures. This case presents the question whether the Fourth Amendment tolerates a dog sniff conducted after completion of a traffic stop. We hold that a police stop exceeding the time needed to handle [...]

19 02, 2013

S.C.O.T.U.S. – K9 Reliability – Florida v Harris

By |2021-02-09T13:57:58+00:00February 19th, 2013|Narcotics Detection, SCOTUS, Vehicle Sniffs|0 Comments

Florida v. Harris - 568 U.S. 237, 133 S. Ct. 1050 (2013) A police officer has probable cause to conduct a search when “the facts available to [him] would ‘warrant a [per-son] of reasonable caution in the belief ’” that contraband or evidence of a crime is present... “Finely tuned standards such as proof beyond a reasonable doubt or by a preponderance of the evidence . . . have no place in the [probable-cause] decision.” Gates, 462 U. S., at 235. All we have required is the kind of “fair probability” on which “reasonable and prudent [people,] not legal technicians, [...]

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