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UNITED STATES v. BEALE

No. 80-1652.

736 F.2d 1289 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Christopher BEALE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1984.

As Amended July 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Alfaro, Corpus Christi, Tex., Paul H. Duvall, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Ray Edwards, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, CHOY, WALLACE, SNEED, HUG, SKOPIL, SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, POOLE, CANBY, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted En Banc April 11, 1984.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the sole question of whether a sniff of luggage by a trained narcotics detection dog constitutes a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. We hold that it does not.

I. Background

Florida detectives observed John Beale and Joseph Pulvano check three pieces of luggage with a skycap at the National Airlines terminal at Fort Lauderdale,...

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