Supreme Court Rules Extending Traffic Stop for Dog Sniff Unconstitutional [pdf]
Before you tell your friends that Jay-Z has only 98 problems now: Rodriguez v. US <i>doesn't</i> say a dog sniff can't be part of a traffic stop.<p>Alito mentioned in a separate dissent that - as a result of this ruling - he expects officers to change the sequence the activities involved in a traffic stop so that the license check and citation are not completed until a dog sniff is done. This ruling may be a bit of a moot point, except in cases where officers don't follow the proscribed sequence of events.