Commonwealth v. Rogers

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.1

The issues with which we are presented question whether the police legally detained Edward Rogers (“Appellant”) and executed a canine search of Appellant’s vehicle. For the following reasons, we now affirm.

On January 9, 1998, Trooper Michael Banovsky of the Pennsylvania State Police observed Appellant’s vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 79, passing other traffic.2 The trooper positioned his vehicle behind Appellant’s, and followed him for 4/10ths of a mile, clocking his speed at 73 mph in a 55 mph zone. Trooper Banovsky also noticed that the vehicle had an…