State v. Slowikowski

*21GILLETTE, J

Defendant was charged with possession of a controlled substance after sheriffs deputies discovered approximately 20 pounds of marijuana in a storage locker that he had rented and padlocked. The marijuana initially was discovered by “Breaker,” a police dog trained to detect and signal the presence of marijuana. Defendant filed a motion to suppress the marijuana on the ground that Breaker’s olfactory inspection of his locker without a warrant was an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution.1 The…