Frost v. State

Andre Frost appeals the circuit court’s denial of his dispositive motion to suppress in a case where he entered pleas of no contest to charges involving possession of cocaine and cannabis. Frost contends that the state failed to establish the reliability of the police dog that alerted to the presence of drugs in his car. We find that competent, substantial evidence supported the circuit court’s finding of probable cause based on the dog sniff, and affirm.

Deputy Paul Jackson stopped Frost’s Dodge Neon for running a stop sign. Corporal Randy Thomas arrived at the scene after the traffic stop.…