Commonwealth v. Everetts

WALKER, J.,

On September 10, 1984, defendant drove his dump truck south on Route 522. Attached to the truck was a three-axle trailer with a Case loader earth mover on it. Pennsylvania State Trooper Raymond E. Neil, a PennDOT weight enforcement officer, was traveling north on Route 522 when he spotted defendant’s truck. He observed that defendant’s truck had a Class Eight sticker on it, but no axle tax marker. Because of the absence of the axle tax marker and his estimation that the truck and trailer were overweight, he pulled defendant over. Trooper Neil subsequently weighed defendant’s truck…