State v. Adams

Believing Petitioner Alfred Adams was a drug dealer, officers from the North Charleston South Carolina Police Department (NCPD), acting without a warrant, placed a Global Positioning System (GPS) 1 device on a vehicle driven by Adams. After monitoring Adams’ travel to Atlanta, Georgia, and upon his return to South Carolina, law enforcement stationed a drug canine unit on the interstate within the NCPD’s jurisdiction, with instructions to conduct a traffic stop on Adams’ vehicle. An officer conducted the requested traffic stop and discovered cocaine in Adams’ possession, which resulted in…