Blalock v. State

Appellant entered a plea of nolo conten-dere to trafficking in marijuana, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress the evidence discovered during the search of his pick-up truck after a drug-dog’s sniff and alert during a traffic stop. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress for three reasons: 1) the stop was pretextual because Appellant did not commit the alleged traffic violation; 2) the stop was extended beyond the time reasonably required to issue a citation; and 3) the dog’s alert did not give the officers probable cause…