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UNITED STATES v. VENEMA

No. 76-1442.

563 F.2d 1003 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rockne P. VENEMA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Svet, Albuquerque, N.M. (Victor R. Ortega, U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M. and C. Richard Baker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Santa Fe, N.M., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert T. Knott, Albuquerque, N.M. (Knott & Associates, Albuquerque, N.M., on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before SETH, PICKETT, and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

The overriding question in this appeal is whether the use by the police of a cannabis sniffing canine, named Chane, violated the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights. We conclude that such use did not offend the Constitution.

Rockne Venema, the defendant, first came to the attention of local New Mexico drug agents on January 27, 1976. Venema was then residing at 1968 Otowi Drive in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The local drug agents in the...

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