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Dog Sniffing Out Drugs on Suspect’s Porch Counts as ‘Search’

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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that police use of a dog to find drugs on the porch of a suspect’s home qualifies as a “search” under the Fourth Amendment’s definition of that term, reports ABAJournal.com.

The justices that made up the majority supporting this conclusion include Justices Scalia, Thomas, Kagan, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor.

Read the full article from ABA Journal here.

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