FLORIDA v. HARRIS

No. 11-817.

133 S.Ct. 1050 (2013)

185 L.Ed.2d 61

FLORIDA, Petitioner v. Clayton HARRIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Garre , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Joseph R. Palmore , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Glen P. Gifford , Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

Gregory G. Garre , Counsel of Record, Brian D. Schmalzbach , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General of Florida, Carolyn M. Snurkowski , Associate Deputy Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss , Chief-Assistant Attorney General, Susan M. Shanahan , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Counsel for Petitioner.

Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, Glen P. Gifford , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.


Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we consider how a court should determine if the "alert" of a drug-detection dog during a traffic stop provides probable cause to search a vehicle. The Florida Supreme Court held that the State must in every case present an exhaustive set of records, including a log of the dog's performance in the field, to establish the dog's reliability. See 71 So.3d 756, 775 (2011...

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