Bradley Ray McClintock v. State

OPINION

MICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.

The police seized marijuana from appellant Bradley McClintock’s apartment. They did so pursuant to a search warrant obtained with evidence of a drug-detecting dog’s sniff at McClintock’s back door, conducted without a warrant. The United States Supreme Court has since held that a dog-sniff under these circumstances is a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Florida v. Jardines, — U.S. —, 133 S.Ct. 1409, 185 L.Ed.2d 495 (2013).

McClintock moved to suppress the fruits of the search, and the trial court denied the motion. Reserving his right to…