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socrates1998

What I don't get is why isn't the dog "search" considered a search?

I mean, if you don't concede to a search and they don't have probably cause, how can they have a dog then search your car?

It seems like having a dog search and smell around your car would constitute a search by every legal definition?

And this would be a breach of your rights against illegal search?

What am I missing?

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It's the same as if the cop looked through the window and saw a baggie full of weed on the dashboard. Anything which is exposed (sights/sounds/smells) to the outside world isn't considered a search.

The dog smells the outside of the car (the public part) and if the dog "finds" something they have probably cause.

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