Articles by Tyler Helmond

The Dog Day Is Over

The United States Supreme Court held oral argument today in two cases involving the use of drug-sniffing dogs originating from Florida.

Florida v. Jardines, case no. 11-564, concerns the propriety of using a drug-sniffing dog to search private property. Florida v. Harris, case no. 11-817, concerns the amount of evidence of training required before a court can use a drug dog alert as a basis for a search. Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog has an excellent summary of the cases.

Professor Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy speculates that the justices will conclude the use of the drug-sniffing dog on private property in Jardines was violative of the Fourth Amendment, and that the training of the dog in Harris was adequate and therefore not a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

 

J. J. Paul, III, in NACDL’s The Champion

The August 2012 issue of NACDL’s The Champion features an article co-written by J. J. Paul, III titled NHTSA’s Visual Cues for Impairment of Motorcyclists. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers publishes The Champion ten times per year. Members can access the full article here.

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