Second District Appellate Court Holds that a Fifteen Minute Traffic Stop that Normally Takes Twenty Minutes was Extended to Await a Canine
While the drug sniff occurred within approximately 12 minutes of the stop, the [...]
How Reliable Must Confidential Informants Be to Support a Search Warrant?
In Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108 (1964), and Spinelli v. United States, 393 U. [...]
How Did an Officer’s Imperfection and a Canine’s Perfection Justify Delaying a Traffic Stop for Officer Safety?
So the Court finds that this stop was not prolonged at all in order to wait for [...]
Is it Objectively Reasonable if a Canine Places his Paws on a Vehicle During a Free Air Sniff?
Canine Mekel then stands on his hind legs and briefly puts his front paws onto [...]
Does a VIN Check Unreasonably Delay a Traffic Stop for a Canine Sniff?
[A]utomobiles are justifiably the subject of pervasive regulation by the State [...]
Is Reaching Into a Pocket to Remove a Non-Weapon a Frisk or a Search?
Even more questions … Does a Canine Alert of an Occupied Vehicle Justify the Se [...]
Can a Confidential Reliable Informant Establish Probable Cause … Or … Is Double Probable Cause Required to Search a Vehicle?
[W]e conclude, was probable cause to believe a crime had been committed and, th [...]
Can a Canine Officer Extend a Traffic Stop to Call for Back Up so he can Deploy his Canine for a Sniff?
Officers may seek assistance from other officers during a traffic stop so long [...]
Does a Cannabis-Trained Canine Alert Establish Probable Cause when Medical-Marijuana was Legal?
Here, officers observed Mr. Wright enter a hotel known for drug trafficking and [...]
During a Traffic Stop if Reasonable Suspicion is Established can the Stop be Delayed for a Canine?
Given the totality of the circumstances, Trooper Burgett had reasonable suspici [...]