While the police officer’s drug-detection-dog, Aldo, was doing a “free air sniff,” he signaled to the driver side door of the vehicle. Since the dog had alerted, this gave the police officer a reason to search Harris’s car. While searching, what Aldo had sniffed out happened to be precursors for methamphetamine. Harris was arrested and taken to jail for the possession of pseudoephedrine (Liu 5). Afterwards, Harris argued that the dog’s alert did not give probable cause to search his vehicle. He also argued that a dog’s nose was not reliable because it did not have any certification. Harris is claiming that his 4th amendment rights were violated and he was wrongfully charged (Liu
While the police officer’s drug-detection-dog, Aldo, was doing a “free air sniff,” he signaled to the driver side door of the vehicle. Since the dog had alerted, this gave the police officer a reason to search Harris’s car. While searching, what Aldo had sniffed out happened to be precursors for methamphetamine. Harris was arrested and taken to jail for the possession of pseudoephedrine (Liu 5). Afterwards, Harris argued that the dog’s alert did not give probable cause to search his vehicle. He also argued that a dog’s nose was not reliable because it did not have any certification. Harris is claiming that his 4th amendment rights were violated and he was wrongfully charged (Liu