State v. Miller

¶ 1. Tina Miller appeals from a judgment convicting her of possessing a controlled substance. She contends that the police violated her right against unreasonable searches and seizures when they conducted a canine sniff on her car, entered it and searched her purse. Because controlling precedent requires us to conclude that the dog sniff was not a search, and because the dog's alert on Miller's vehicle provided the police with probable cause, we affirm.

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¶ 2. The police executed a search warrant to search the ground floor of a duplex in Dodgeville. In the midst of the search, officers…