Dual Court System
Article Critique
Krystle McMullins
Liberty University
CJUS 500: Criminal Justice Integration
Professor Name
06/04/2023
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Abstract
The article that I have chosen to write about in this paper is Sniff or Not to Sniff by
Zanello and legitimate search and seizure cases. The meat of these articles is the fourth
amendment. The case Kansas v.Glover (2020). Is a problem that we are consequences of the
canines as having sensible searches and seizures. The second article that we will then be looking
at is The Sniff or Not to Sniff. With these cases, there are very concerning decisions regarding
the choices that are made every day by our law enforcement. While yet trying to make
improvements to the fourth amendment.
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Article Critique
The article tells us about the fourth amendment and what happened to Mr. Glover in
Kansas. It also talks about reasonable suspicion that came about because of Kansas v Glover. The
Supreme Court confused rather than clarified. They used common sense more than fact or the
law was nearly just based on common sense. certain actions such as search and seizure with
Hernandez v Mesa a major case that named some federal agents from the Bureau of Narcotics.
What happened was that the police had reason to stop Mr. Glover’s vehicle. After Deputy Mark
learned that the driver’s license was revoked (Harvard Law 2020)
Article 1-Background
So, when looking at the Supreme Court we find that they thought reasonable suspicion
could be an easy concept to the Fourth Amendment (Harvard Law 2020). When it comes to
Kansas v. Glover, we find that the Supreme Court stated that Deputy Mark had the right to have
reasonable suspicion to stop Mr. Glover’s vehicle after the fact (Harvard Law 2020). The
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Supreme Court said that he used his common sense and decision-making for evidence-based
only. They also upheld everything that Officer Mark did as well. Deputy Mark ran Mr. Glover’s
tag number which was a 1995 truck in his database. At this point, Officer Mark charged Mr.
Glover because he is a habitual violator. Glover then wanted to suppress all evidence that was
taken during the traffic stop. The courts granted Glover’s request to suppress all evidence but
then was overturned by the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Article 1 - Critique of Strengths and Weaknesses of the Article
Strengths
The strength of this article is it goes into depth about the fourth amendment and what an
officer can do. We also saw that Mr. Glover wanted all evidence suppressed, which was until it
was overturned by a higher court in the state of Kansas. They upheld the officer’s evidence that
was found during the search and seizure. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded. They
held that the officer has reasonable grounds to stop the vehicle.
Weaknesses
The weakness of the article is that it doesn’t tell us why Mr. Glover was stated. It stated
that he knew it was his car, so he pulled him over. It also tells us that his revoked licenses didn’t
negate a finding of anything in the truck. It also stated that Kansa law revokes the license
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Article 2-Critique
The next article that we discuss is Sniff or Not to Sniff by Zanello. It talks about courts
and the issues we as people are facing with the Fourth Amendment and other departments when
it’s to searches and seizures. Either way, when we look at it we find that more courts systems are
trying to amend this and make it a less prohibitive norm so to speak (Zanello, 2015)
Article 2- Background
The article is based on the canine units as contraptions rule for the investigation, public
power, and state. This will cause the courts to have gone against the Fourth Amendment and the
capacity to organize pursuits and seizures. The author of this article breaks it down in three parts
like a show or some sort. It starts out like a show kind then talks about multiple cases concerning
the Fourth Amendment. Then moves on to talk about canines in the rules of the endorsement and
they are brought about.
Article 2 - Critique of Strengths and Weaknesses of the Article
With there being different courts at the government level. We know that they have always
relied on the United States v. Whoever. When it comes to the canine units, they didn’t lay out the
pursuit. The bar has been raised so many other states have stood by themselves. The state that
has chosen to isolate itself was New York in the People v. Dunn we could also look at New
Hampshire made the same choice in State v. Pellicci and then Pennsylvania.
Summary Of Article
When we are looking at both articles, we found reasonable legitimization and using the
sniff as a factor. I believe that the author was genuinely trying to tell us about the solicitation of
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the hallowed canine units. The author kind of made it hard to follow where they were going and
the point that they were trying to make. When we look at the article of the sniff or not to sniff it
was more so notable the author got straight to the point and was able to go into much detail about
the information that they were trying to give. I would say that this article was better than the first.
Personal Reflection, Position, and Christian Worldview
The Bible is a verse that I had in mind when I’m looking at reflection in life or anything I
would look at 1 Thessalonians 4:11 States “And to look to live unpretentiously, and to mind you
own endeavors and to work with your hands as we instructed you”( bible gateway, 2021). When
looking at these bible verses we see that Paul is telling people to pretty much mind their own
business and do their work.
References
Bible Gateway passage: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 - New International Version. (2021).
Retrieved 17 April 2021, from
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians%204%3A11-
12&version=NIV
Zanello, L. N. (2015). To sniff or not to sniff: making sense of past and recent state and
federal decisions in connection with drug-detection dogs - where do we go from here?
Albany
Law Review,78(4), 1569+. Retrieved from
https://bi-gale-com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/global/article/GALE%7CA439635366?u=vic_liberty&si
d=summon
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Harvard Law Review (2020) Fourth Amendment-search and seizure- reasonable suspicion
Kansas v. Glover ISSN: 0017-811X, 2161-976X Harvard law review. , 2020, Vol.134(1), p.500-
509
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