Opinion ID: 222783
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Heading: Canine Sniff of the Rental Car (Video at 22:57-27:45.)

Text: Trooper Hyde then returned to the rental car and asked Mr. Kitchell for permission to search the car. Mr. Kitchell refused to give permission for a search. Trooper Hyde then asked if he could walk his narcotics dog around the car to conduct a free-air sniff of the exterior. Mr. Kitchell again refused to give permission. Trooper Hyde told him that he was going to conduct the canine sniff anyway. Trooper Hyde then brought his narcotics dog, Meco, out of his kennel in the back seat of the patrol car, and walked Meco around the rental car twice  the first as a quick, free scan, and the second as a detailed scan. On the second pass, Meco indicated the scent of narcotics [3] by scratching at the seams of the driver's side and passenger's side doors, and on the trunk seam.