State v. Ikimaka

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  1. HI: Dog sniff for drugs in traffic stop was not reasonably related to the purpose of the stop

    Law Offices of John Wesley HallJune 11, 2020

    Dog sniff for drugs in traffic stop was not reasonably related to the purpose of the stop, and it is suppressed. State v. Ikimaka, 2020 Haw. LEXIS 139 (June 9, 2020):The dog sniff conducted on the truck was not reasonably related in scope to Officer Hsu’s initial stop of Ikimaka as it was unrelated to Ikimaka’s alleged theft of Numazawa’s purse. An investigation unrelated to the initial stop “must be supported by independent reasonable suspicion to be constitutional.”