Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Dunn v. New York

501 U.S. 1219

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-06-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that a narcotics dog's sniff of drugs in the hallway outside defendant's apartment did not constitute a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment
  • affirming an “ends of justice” exclusion granted to allow defense counsel more time to prepare for trial
  • canine sniff of common hallway outside defendant’s apartment door is state constitutional search requiring reasonable, articulable suspicion
  • dog sniff of residence from apartment hallway was search requiring reasonable suspicion
  • Fifth Amendment right to counsel does not attach absent police-dominated interrogation
  • redaction not sufficient to protect defendant’s confrontation clause rights
  • common hallway outside defendant’s apartment door

Citator

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Ct. App. N. Y. Certio-rari denied.