State of Arkansas v. Jaret Thompson

Summary

The court accepted the State's interlocutory appeal because it presented a legal question about whether a reliable drug dog's positive alert alone establishes probable cause to search a lawfully detained vehicle. On the merits, the court held that the alert supplied probable cause and that no additional justification was required, so it reversed the suppression order and remanded. The court declined to decide whether the Arkansas Constitution provides greater search-and-seizure protection than the Fourth Amendment because that issue was not adequately developed.