People v. Vera

RAPHAEL J.

*1083Defendant and appellant Esteban Vera was convicted of possessing one kilogram of a controlled substance that was discovered through a dog sniff during a traffic stop of his vehicle. An officer had stopped Vera due to a tinted-window infraction. We must determine whether the dog sniff unconstitutionally prolonged his detention for that traffic stop, requiring *1084suppression of the drugs under Rodriguez v. United States (2015) --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 1609, 191 L.Ed.2d 492 ( Rodriguez ). We affirm the trial court's denial of Vera's suppression motion.

I. FACTS

On June 22, 2017, City of…