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Archive Home > 2012 > January > 04 > Supreme Court to ponder legality of drug dog’s sniff

Supreme Court to ponder legality of drug dog’s sniff

By Curt Anderson / The Bulletin
January 4, 2012

MIAMI — Franky the drug dog’s super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search?

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