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Sixth Circuit Holds “Instinctive Jump” is Not a Search in Violation of the Fourth Amendment – United States v. Sharp Updated: by

On July 27th, 2012, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee's ruling that a canine’s jump and subsequent sniff inside the defendant's car was not a search in violation of the Fourth Amendment because the jump was instinctive and…