Commonwealth v. Barnes

OPINION BY

FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order granting appellee’s motion for habeas corpus relief. We affirm.

On July 2, 2009, at approximately 4:38 p.m., Officer Dustin Reeder of the Williamsport Bureau of Police made a traffic stop of a silver Pontiac sedan on the 700 block of West Edwin Street. According to Officer Reeder, the traffic stop was effectuated because the vehicle in question had “multiple air fresheners hanging from the rear view mirror.” (Notes of testimony, 9/22/09 at 3.) Thus, ostensibly, the vehicle was stopped for a violation of 75 Pa.…