Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Reuters: U.S.: Supreme Court upholds police dog sniff of truck

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Supreme Court upholds police dog sniff of truck
Feb 19th 2013, 15:19

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People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington October 1, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington October 1, 2012.

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WASHINGTON | Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:19am EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld the search by a trained police dog of a truck for evidence, saying that training and testing records had established the dog's reliability and given the police probable cause to search.

The case concerned Aldo, a German shepherd whose "free air sniff" helped his police handler find methamphetamine ingredients inside Clayton Harris' pickup truck after it had been pulled over.

The case had been watched closely by criminal defense advocates.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Howard Goller and Doina Chiacu)

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