Commonwealth v. Polo

759 A.2d 372 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,

v.

Belisario POLO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 29, 1998.

Decided October 2, 2000.

Mark Pazuhanich, Dist. Atty., E. David Christine, Stroudsburg, for Com.

Robert Rosenblum, Stroudsburg, for Belisario Polo.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the Pennsylvania Constitution prohibits the random stopping of a vehicle to conduct a drug interdiction investigation in the absence of reasonable suspicion or probable…