Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case Of Franky The Drug Dog
By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ at Toke of the Town
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 9:43 am
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a police dog's sniff outside the front door of a house being used to grow marijuana violates a suspect's Constitutional rights.

The justices said on Friday that they'll review a Florida Supreme Court decision that thew out evidence seized in the search of the house. The Florida court said that Franky the drug dog's work at the front door was itself an unconstitutional search.
The Supreme Court has allowed drug-detecting dogs' reactions in other cases involving luggage in airports, and also in routine traffic stops. But this case involves a home -- which the court has repeatedly said is entitled to more protection.