State v. Dearman

Agid, A.C.J.

The State appeals the trial court’s order suppressing evidence seized from Ivan Dearman’s home with a search warrant obtained after police used a narcotics dog to determine whether there was a marijuana grow operation in the garage. Dearman cross-appeals, contending the trial court erred in determining that police had a legitimate investigative reason to be at his residence even after they determined no one was there. Because using a trained narcotics dog to detect marijuana in the garage adjacent to a private residence constituted a search under State v. Young, 1 a search warrant…