Florida v. Jardines

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
11-564 Fla. S. Ct. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2012

Issue: Whether a dog sniff at the front door of a suspected grow house by a trained narcotics detection dog is a Fourth Amendment search requiring probable cause?

Plain English Issue: Whether police violated the Fourth Amendment by taking a dog that had been trained to smell for drugs to the door of a house where they suspected that marijuana was being grown.

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