Thomas v. Commonwealth

KELSEY, Judge.

The trial court found Leroy Thomas guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, unlawfully possessing a concealed weapon, and possessing marijuana, a second or subsequent offense. On appeal, Thomas argues the court should have suppressed the evidence of his crimes because the arresting officers allegedly used the traffic stop as a pretext for conducting a drug investigation. Disagreeing with the legal assumptions underlying Thomas’s assertion, we affirm.

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When reviewing a denial of a suppression motion, we review the evidence “in the light most favorable to the…