People v. Banks

Garry, J.R

(dissenting). We respectfully dissent. At the outset, it bears noting that defendant was ultimately detained by the state troopers for roughly one half hour before the canine officer was requested. We fully agree with the majority that the initial traffic stop was valid, and that the trooper was permitted to contact defendant’s parole officer and ask defendant for this contact information. We dissent because defendant’s parole status and his response to the request for his parole officer’s phone number did not give rise to a founded suspicion of criminality, and there was no…