Washington & Lee University School of Law Scholarly Commons
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to examine the controversy regarding the application of the contraband exception to the home and the potential impact of the Florida v. Jardines decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. The article will begin by examining the cases that make up the Supreme Court\u27s contraband exception and some of the Court\u27s precedent regarding the home and warrantless searches. Next, the article will examine the Florida Supreme Court\u27s holding in Jardines and discuss how the Florida court arrived at the conclusion that the canine sniff in that case was a search. This section will compare the Florida court\u27s conclusions with Supreme Court precedent. Finally, the article will examine the three most probable results of the Jardines decision and advocate for the Court\u27s rejection of warrantless canine sniffs of the home
