FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure
When a defendant challenges the reliability of a dog's reported alert to the possible presence of drugs in a vehicle, what standard of appellate review of the trial court's ruling that the dog reliably alerted does the Fourth Amendment require?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. When a defendant challenges the reliability of a dog’s reported alert to the possible presence of drugs in a vehicle, in accordance with Florida v. Harris, 568 U.S. 237 (2013), and the trial court rules that the dog reliably alerted, which suffices to establish probable cause to search the vehicle, what standard of appellate review of the trial court’s ruling that the dog reliably alerted does the Fourth Amendment require? 2. Did the dog reliably alert to the possible presence of drugs in the vehicle driven by Petitioner for purposes of establishing probable cause to search the vehicle?