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Legal K9 Searches

Steven Forgues

Canine Franky doing his thing.
Canine Franky doing his thing.
Steven Forgues

Marijuana cases seem to be the focus of many court decisions that impact how we work.
Marijuana cases seem to be the focus of many court decisions that impact how we work.
SCOTUS website

Pay attention to Supreme Court decisions. They can change how we do business in a heartbeat.
Pay attention to Supreme Court decisions. They can change how we do business in a heartbeat.

Lately I’ve seen many news reports of a U.S. Supreme Court case involving K9 searches. The particular case I’ve been seeing has to do K9 Franky from the Miami-Dade Police Department and an arrest that was made in December 2006. Let me start off by saying that I have not read the police report and am not going to speculate on what was done and whether it was legal or not. What I am going to discuss is the transcript from the latest oral argument before the Supreme Court on October 31...
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