{"id":63127,"date":"2026-02-08T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63127"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:18:31","slug":"in-the-fact-a-drug-dog-could-alert-to-hemp-doesnt-mean-an-alert-isnt-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63127","title":{"rendered":"IN: The fact a drug dog could alert to hemp doesn&#8217;t mean an alert isn&#8217;t PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fact a drug dog can alert to hemp as well as marijuana doesn\u2019t make the dog alert violate the Fourth Amendment. <a href=\"https:\/\/public.courts.in.gov\/Decisions\/api\/Document\/Opinion?Id=4WA9T7JTI3PVs2CypNrffIRn1wyXC1onk0Z8H6a4o4XQDMBApyYzSTQyl6TxVM2v0\">Akins v. State<\/a>, 2026 Ind. App. LEXIS 39 (Feb. 6, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In sum, the fact that legal hemp shares characteristics with illegal marijuana does not categorically disable law enforcement from relying on trained canine alerts that could indicate either substance. Akins&#8217;s proposed rule, under which probable cause disappears whenever lawful and unlawful explanations are plausible, finds no support in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Rasse&#8217;s alert, considered alongside Officer Bradford&#8217;s independent knowledge of the surrounding circumstances, supported a fair probability that contraband would be found in Akins&#8217;s car. Akins therefore fails to demonstrate a violation of the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fact a drug dog can alert to hemp as well as marijuana doesn\u2019t make the dog alert violate the Fourth Amendment. Akins v. State, 2026 Ind. App. LEXIS 39 (Feb. 6, 2026):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-sniff","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63128,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63127\/revisions\/63128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}