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COMMONWEALTH v. POLO

759 A.2d 372 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Belisario POLO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Pazuhanich, Dist. Atty., E. David Christine, Stroudsburg, for Com.

Robert Rosenblum, Stroudsburg, for Belisario Polo.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the Pennsylvania Constitution prohibits the random stopping of a vehicle to conduct a drug interdiction investigation in the absence of reasonable suspicion or probable cause.1 We conclude that such a stop is unlawful under Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. For the following reasons, we affirm Superior Court's order suppressing the evidence...

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