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MIAMI Franky the drug dogs supersensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search?
Floridas highest state court said Frankys ability to detect marijuana inside a Miami-area house from outside a closed front door crossed the constitutional line. State Attorney General Pam Bondi, an elected Republican, wants the nations justices to reverse that ruling.
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The difference in the Florida case is that it involved a private residence. The high court has repeatedly emphasized that a home is entitled to greater privacy than cars on the road or a suitcase in an airport.
MIAMI Franky the drug dogs supersensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search?
Floridas highest state court said Frankys ability to detect marijuana inside a Miami-area house from outside a closed front door crossed the constitutional line. State Attorney General Pam Bondi, an elected Republican, wants the nations justices to reverse that ruling.
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The difference in the Florida case is that it involved a private residence. The high court has repeatedly emphasized that a home is entitled to greater privacy than cars on the road or a suitcase in an airport.
