STATE v. SNITKIN

No. 8942.

681 P.2d 980 (1984)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alan SNITKIN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lila B. LeDuc, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the reply brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher D. Ferrara, Honolulu (Robinson & Ferrara, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.


HAYASHI, Justice.

This case presents the question whether the police may use a trained narcotics detection dog to sniff all packages in a cargo holding room of a private mail carrier, known to drug enforcement officials as a high volume drug conduit, with the carrier's permission but without the permission of the senders or addressees. We hold the dog's sniff was not a search within the purview of the Fourth Amendment or...

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