Florida Cases in U.S. Supreme Court Involving Drug-Sniffing Dogs and 4th Amendment

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that an officer's use of a drug sniffing dog to search a truck during a traffic stop in Florida was appropriate and within the boundaries of the law, even though the drugs found weren't what the dog was trained to detect. This key fact in the case didn't stop the justices from unanimously ruling in favor of the drug-sniffing dog because there was probable cause for the dog to be used- the defendant had an open beer can in the middle console. Another case in Florida involved a drug-sniffing dog on Halloween smelling a cannabis-grow in a Miami home leading to an arrest. This case hasn't been decided on yet in the Supreme Court, but there is skepticism that this case intrudes on the defendant's Fourth Amendment right. As long as the dog is trained, then the chance of dogs randomly alerting its officer are slim. In the second case, there is no probable cause for the dog to be on the defendant's property which is why this case will most likely rule in favor of citizen's privacy from drug-sniffing dogs on private property.