Creech v. Commonwealth

HOWERTON, Judge.

Daryle Creech moved to suppress evidence obtained in the seizure of cocaine, and when the trial court denied the motion, Creech entered a conditional plea. RCr 8.09. He was sentenced to two years in prison. The only issue we must determine is whether the stop of Creech’s pick-up truck violated his constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. U.S. ConstAmend. IV; Ky. Const. § 10. Clearly, if the vehicle were stopped on the basis of articulable suspicion of criminal activity, then there was no violation by the introduction of evidence seized in plain…