Florida v. Jardines: Bringing a Drug Dog to the Front Porch Is a Search

Published for NC Criminal Law on March 26, 2013.

Today, most Supreme Court watchers are focused on the oral argument in the same-sex marriage cases. But the Court also released an important opinion in Florida v. Jardines, ruling that an officer conducts a Fourth Amendment search when he brings a drug dog onto the porch of a house to sniff the front door. Jardines ... Read more

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