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A local woman had her drug conviction tossed out and a new trial ordered over a new precedent that makes it harder for law enforcement to use drug-sniffing dogs to give them probable cause to search vehicles.
Citing a 2015 case out of Moffat County, a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Grand Junction police didnât have enough probable cause to search a vehicle driven by Arlene Coglietti.
The appellate court said that the district judge in the case, Lance Trimbreza, erroneously relied on the wrong case precedent when he denied a motion from Cogliettiâs attorney to suppress evidence from a police search that was prompted by its drug-sniffing police dog, Talu.