Read People v. Devone, 91

Defendants' drug convictions are affirmed where: 1) a canine sniff of the exterior of a lawfully stopped vehicle constituted a search under article I, section 12 of the New York Constitution, and thus required reasonable suspicion; and 2) the government demonstrated such a reasonable suspicion in the cases at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2010
• Published 06/08/2010

Judges

• PIGOTT, J.:

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Case No. 91:  Kent J. Gebert, for appellant., Case No. 92:  Peter B. Meadow, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter H. Willis, for respondent., Henry Neal Conolly, for respondent.