STATE v. MILLER

No. 01-1993-CR.

256 Wis.2d 80 (2002)

2002 WI App 150

647 N.W.2d 348

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Tina M. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Tim Provis, Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Erik C. Peterson, Iowa County District Attorney, Dodgeville.

Before Vergeront, P.J., Dykman and Deininger, JJ.


¶ 1. DYKMAN, J.

Tina Miller appeals from a judgment convicting her of possessing a controlled substance. She contends that the police violated her right against unreasonable searches and seizures when they conducted a canine sniff on her car, entered it and searched her purse. Because controlling precedent requires us to conclude that the dog sniff was not a search, and because the dog's alert on Miller's vehicle provided the police with probable cause, we affirm...

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