LAHTINEN, J.
The primary issue before us is whether, under the NY Constitution, reasonable suspicion of drug-related criminal conduct is a minimum prerequisite to a canine sniff of the exterior of a car that has been stopped for a traffic violation. A state trooper and a Schenectady police officer—working together in a high crime area as part of "Operation Impact" and having a narcotics-detecting dog in their vehicle with them—observed codefendant Troy...
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