Officers learned that the car was registered to defendant and defendant was known to them as being involved in the sales of narcotics. Defendant attempted to drive away from the apartment when the raid began. He was stopped and asked to exit the vehicle during the search of the apartment. After five minutes, officers discovered a barricaded door, suspected narcotics, and an insurance check with defendant's name on it. Considering these factors, we find that the trial court's denial of the motion to suppress was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.
Defendant also argues that the court committed various instances of plain error.
First, defendant argues that the trial court committed plain error by allowing Michael Schneider, an officer trained in handling police dogs, to testify regarding the canine sniff of his certified police dog Lika. 162 Ill. 2d at 369-70. While this is an accurate statement, it does little to support defendant's argument. In Cruz, our supreme court concluded that evidence of which direction a bloodhound attempted to track a scent could not be used to establish a factual proposition. 162 Ill. 2d at 370.