STATE v. LOCKSTEDT

No. 23289.

695 N.W.2d 718 (2005)

2005 SD 47

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Carl Olin LOCKSTEDT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, John M. Strohman, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Elizabeth M. Frederick, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellant.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this automobile search case, the trial court denied a defense motion to suppress evidence seized after a drug detection dog purportedly indicated the presence of drugs in a car in which defendant was a passenger. Defendant questions whether the drug dog truly signaled the odor of an illegal substance. Because the record viewed in a light most favorable to the findings supports the circuit court's conclusions, we affirm.

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