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Idaho v. Aaron James Howard
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Idaho, No. 47367 · judgment October 5, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The question presented is: When officers lawfully deploy a narcotics-detection dog on the exterior of a vehicle and, without any direction, prompting, or facilitation by officers, the dog briefly touches the vehicle or places its snout through an open window, does the dog’s conduct constitute a Fourth Amendment search by officers?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kenneth K. Jorgensen
Office of the Attorney General, State of Idaho
For respondent
Eric Don Fredericksen
ldaho State Appellate Public Defender
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Oct 03 2022Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
- Oct 03 2022Petition DENIED.
- Aug 16 2022Reply of petitioner Idaho filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 29 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Jun 13 2022Brief of respondent Aaron James Howard in opposition filed.
- Jun 13 2022Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Aaron James Howard.
- Apr 11 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 17, 2022.
- Apr 08 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 18, 2022 to June 17, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 17 2022Response Requested. (Due April 18, 2022)
- Feb 23 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
- Jan 03 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2022)