Illinois v. Roy I. Caballes, is currently deciding whether the Fourth Amendment requires reasonable suspicion to justify using a drug detection dog to sniff a vehicle during a legitimate traffic stop is being look at by the Supreme Court right now.
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Illinois v. Roy I. Caballes Every day in the United States thousands of motorists are pulled over by the police for a variety of reasons. Most of the time, these drivers are given warnings or tickets and then sent on their way. However, in some cases involving traffic stops, police begin to start investigations into whether a motorist has drugs or other types of contraband in their vehicle through the use of resources such as drug sniffing dogs. An important issue is raised when a person who has been pulled over for a simple speeding infraction can have their car sniffed by dogs for no justifiable reason. In Illinois v. Roy I. Caballes, is currently deciding whether the Fourth Amendment requires reasonable suspicion to justify using a drug detection dog to sniff a vehicle during a legitimate traffic stop is being look at by the Supreme Court right now. This case...


