Reply #34: We are all presumed guilty...

[Katidid]

According to the Supreme Court yesterday 6-2 decision ..

Court OKs Dog Sniff During Traffic Stop
By Associated Press
January 24, 2005, 11:43 AM EST

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court gave police broader search powers Monday during traffic stops, ruling that drug-sniffing dogs can be used to check out motorists even if officers have no reason to suspect they may be carrying narcotics.

In a 6-2 decision, the court sided with Illinois police who stopped Roy Caballes in 1998 along Interstate 80 for driving 6 miles over the speed limit. Although Caballes lawfully produced his driver's license, troopers brought over a drug dog after Caballes seemed nervous.

Read on .... Link: http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-scotus-drug-dogs,0,4143074.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines