State v. Lockstedt

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this automobile search case, the trial court denied a defense motion to suppress evidence seized after a drug detection dog purportedly indicated the presence of drugs in a car in which defendant was a passenger. Defendant questions whether the drug dog truly signaled the odor of an illegal substance. Because the record viewed in a light most favorable to the findings supports the circuit court’s conclusions, we-affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] On, October 21, 2002, South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Brian Swets was patrolling on Interstate 90. With him was his drug…