Florida v. Harris
What's at Stake
Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search for drugs based solely on an alert by a drug-sniffing dog without any other evidence of the dog's reliability so long as the dog has been "trained" or "certified."
Summary
An increasing body of evidence has shown that even dogs that have been trained to detect drugs have wildly varying degrees of success in actually detecting drugs. The question in this case is whether any alert by a 鈥渢rained鈥� dog is sufficient to establish probable cause or whether, as the 老澳门开奖结果 argues in its amicus brief, the police must establish the dog鈥檚 reliability in order to justify a warrantless search.
Legal Documents
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09/04/2012
Florida v. Harris - 老澳门开奖结果 Amicus Brief
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