Applying the Trespass Doctrine to K9 Sniffs in Marijuana Traffic Stops
In United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. 400 (2012), the Supreme Court announced that any physical intrusion onto a personal “effect,” such as a vehicle parked on a public street, was a search under the Fourth Amendment when done for the purposes of gathering information. Most attorneys and judges understand Jones to be the “GPS monitoring” case because the F.B.I. joint task force affixed a tracking device to a vehicle driven by a suspected drug trafficker. The attorneys at GRL Law know, however, that the reach of Jones and its progeny extend far beyond its facts. We believe it has […]
