BARCH v. STATE

No. 03-185.

92 P.3d 828 (2004)

2004 WY 79

Alex Douglas BARCH, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: John P. LaBuda and Stephen K. Palmer of Palmer & LaBuda, P.C., Rock Springs, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Palmer.

Representing Appellee: Patrick J. Crank, Wyoming Attorney General; Paul S. Rehurek, Deputy Attorney General; D. Michael Pauling, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Georgia L. Tibbetts, Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Tibbetts.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.


GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether reasonable suspicion existed to permit the continued detention of Appellant Alex Douglas Barch for a dog sniff of the exterior of his vehicle after state troopers had concluded a routine traffic stop. After issuing Barch a warning ticket for a missing front license plate and telling him that he was free to leave, state troopers conducted a dog sniff of the exterior of Barch's vehicle and...

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