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"The dog sniff was performed on the exterior of respondent's car while he was lawfully seized for a traffic violation. Any intrusion on respondent's privacy expectations does not rise to the level of a constitutionally cognizable infringement," Stevens wrote.
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I don't see the problem. If you've got a roach in the ashtray and the cop can see it from outside the car, it's in plain view and you're fucked. If you've got a pound of grass in the trunk and a K9 can smell it from outside, what makes you think you have the right to not have the air particles eminating from your car be sniffed? Now if they opened the car up and let the dog sniff around inside without consent, a warrent or probable cause, then that'd be bad. But the air outside your vehicle is not private property.