canine sniffs

Canines for odor can be Virginia criminal defendants' worst nightmare. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am beside myself in disappointment that the Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a drug dog search finding methamphetamine and cocaine in the sunglasses compartment of an automobile, even though...

Drug dog sniffs -- and all canine searches (for instance also for weapons and contraband -- need to be challenged by criminal defendants found with contraband as a result of such sniffs. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the federal Supreme Court enunciated...