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United States v Pinson
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
1 Fed. Appx. 426 | 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 696
Unpublished/Non-precedential
January 12, 2001
(The Sixth Circuit affirmed this canine case. The court’s decision was without a published opinion. Technically, this means the court’s rulings, findings and comments cannot be used or referred to in other cases. Even with this decision without published opinion, the case may be referred to when certain matters of law are pointed out by the Sixth Circuit.)
An arson investigator received consent to enter the defendant’s home over the telephone from the defendant. Acting with this verbal consent, but without a search warrant or written consent, the investigator entered the home to inspect the property and take samples for testing.
A dog trained to detect accelerants alerted to the presence of accelerants. Other corroborating evidence concluded the fire had been set deliberately.