State v. Edstrom

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge-

Appellant challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized in the search of the apartment, ar*458guing that the warrantless use of a narcotics-detection dog at the apartment door was unlawful and tainted the subsequent search warrant. We conclude that the use of a narcotics-detection dog at an apartment door inside a secured apartment building implicates a legitimate expectation of privacy that constitutes a search requiring a warrant. Because the result of the dog sniff was essential to probable cause for issuance of the search warrant, we…