Whether the level of corroboration and investigation required for reasonable articulable suspicion gives rise to a de facto arrest, which requires probable cause, and thereby a canine sniff of an individual's body incident to the de facto arrest?

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the level of corroboration and investigation required for reasonable articulable suspicion gives rise to a de facto arrest, which requires probable cause, and thereby a canine sniff of an individual’s body incident to the de facto arrest? i PARTIES AND RELATED CASES Cuwan Merritt is the petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant in the proceedings below. The United States of America is the respondent, who was the plaintiff-appellee in the proceedings below. Michael Artis, who was co-defendant and co-appellant in the proceedings below in the related case: United States of America v. Michael Artis, No. U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. Judgment entered June 28, 2018. The required parties were served according to Supreme Court Rule 29. ii