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Old January 26th 05, 04:11 AM
jaybird
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"Paul" <Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend is a > wrote in
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> "jaybird" > wrote in message
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>> I can explain that. A great expectation of privacy is inside our

> home. It
>> lessens in our vehicle because it is in a public place and is mobile

> (in a
>> nutshell). Where the line has been drawn for K9 sniffs is that while

> it is
>> true that your vehicle and its contents are "effects", the air that is
>> around it is not private property. If your vehicle has air coming

> from it
>> to the outside, that air is not your property either. If a dog, or

> other
>> means are used to detect an illegal substance in that air which is

> coming
>> from private property, that gives cops the same reason to investigate

> where
>> that air is coming from as it would if they were to look in your

> vehicle's
>> windows from the outside and see something illegal.

>
> So by this rationale, I assume that we can expect to have the police
> walking our neighborhoods with dogs sniffing the air (since we don't own
> the air that exits our homes either) and if the dog indicates to the
> presence of an illegal substance in the air or thermal detectors on
> every light pole to detect excess heat radiating from a building, then
> the police can demand/intimidate consent to search every house on that
> street warrant or no warrant they way they do with motorists?


No... different expectation of privacy and warrant requirements.

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