Com. v. Beatty, W. ( 2018 )

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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
: PENNSYLVANIA
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v. :
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WAYNE DAVVON BEATTY :
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Appellant : No. 1430 WDA 2017
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence August 29, 2017
In the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County Criminal Division
at No(s): CP-65-CR-0002793-2015
BEFORE: BOWES, J., DUBOW, J., and MURRAY, J.
MEMORANDUM BY BOWES, J.: FILED SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Wayne Davvon Beatty appeals from the judgment of sentence of
eighteen to forty-eight months incarceration, followed by three years
probation, imposed following his jury trial convictions for carrying a firearm
without a license, possessing controlled substances with intent to deliver,
possession of a controlled substance, and two summary traffic offenses. We
affirm.
The trial court set forth the underlying facts in its suppression opinion,
which we adopt herein.1
During the Suppression Hearing, Patrolman Benick testified
relative to his interaction with [Appellant]. Patrolman Benick
testified that he has been employed as a police officer since
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1 We rely on that set of facts as Appellant’s primary issue on appeal concerns
the order denying suppression. For that issue, this Court cannot consider the
evidence presented at trial. In re L.J., 79 A.3d 1073 (Pa. 2013).
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January of 2008 and has received training in drug investigation.
Patrolman Benick testified that on April 28, 2015, he was traveling
westbound on Route 30 near the Lincoln Mobile Trailer Park in full
uniform operating a marked police vehicle. At approximately 6:24
p.m., Patrolman Benick observed a white Chevrolet Impala
traveling eastbound on Route 30 in front of the trailer park.
Patrolman Benick testified that for a brief moment Patrolman
Benick and the Impala passed each other, and the driver looked
at him with a surprised look on his face. When the vehicle pulled
into the trailer park, Patrolman Benick pulled over and waited for
the Impala to come out of the trailer park. Benick testified that
he has made several drug arrests in Lincoln Mobile Trailer Park
prior to this stop and considers the trailer park to be a high drug
activity area.
Patrolman Benick testified that approximately two minutes later,
the Impala came out of the trailer park, turned left onto Route 30
traveling eastbound, and failed to use a turn signal. After catching
up with the Impala, Patrolman Benick also observed the Impala
travel less than one car length behind another vehicle in the area
of Jacktown Hill. Based on Patrolman Benick’s observations, he
activated his police lights and initiated a traffic stop for failure to
use a turn signal, following too closely, and suspected drug
activity at the trailer park. The driver of the Impala was identified
as [Appellant]. Patrolman Benick inquired where [Appellant] was
coming from, and [Appellant] responded that he was coming from
his house in North Versailles and traveling to Derry Township.
[Appellant] indicated that he did not stop anywhere else other
than his house. Patrolman Benick testified that [Appellant]
appeared extremely nervous, he spoke in a low, mumbled tone,
he made limited eye contact, he was breathing heavily, and
Patrolman Benick could see his heart rapidly beating through his
shirt.
After checking [Appellant]’s criminal history, Patrolman Benick
learned that [Appellant] had a recent drug arrest for possession
with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance.
Patrolman Benick requested assistance from Sergeant Kari Bauer
and her K9 partner to perform an exterior sniff of [Appellant]’s
vehicle. After the K9 alerted, Patrolman Benick searched
[Appellant]’s vehicle without consent and discovered contraband
located in the vehicle.
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Order, 5/12/16, at 2-3 (citations omitted).2
The trial court denied Appellant’s motion to suppress the evidence, and
Appellant proceeded to a jury trial, where he was convicted of the
aforementioned offenses and sentenced. Appellant filed a timely notice of
appeal, complied with the trial court’s order to file a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b)
statement, and raises the following issues for our review:
1. The suppression court should have granted [Appellant]’s
original motion to suppress.
a. The suppression court improperly denied
[Appellant]’s motion to suppress where the officer
determined to stop [Appellant] based on the way
[Appellant] looked at him.
b. The suppression court improperly denied
[Appellant]’s motion to suppress where Officer
Benick lacked reasonable suspicion to believe that
[Appellant] was involved in criminal conduct.
c. The suppression court improperly denied
[Appellant]’s motion to suppress where
[Appellant]’s traffic stop was unreasonably
extended to facilitate a drug search by a canine in
violation of Commonwealth v. Lopez and
Rodriguez v. United States.
2. The Commonwealth failed to introduce evidence sufficient to
convict [Appellant] of both possession of narcotics and unlicensed
possession of a firearm.
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2 The Honorable Christopher Feliciani heard the suppression motion and filed
this opinion. The Honorable Megan Bilik-DeFazio presided over the jury trial
and prepared a separate Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a) opinion.
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Appellant’s brief.3
“Our standard of review in addressing a challenge to the denial of a
suppression motion is limited to determining whether the suppression court’s
factual findings are supported by the record and whether the legal conclusions
drawn from those facts are correct.” Commonwealth v. Jones, 988 A.2d
649, 654 (Pa. 2010) (citation omitted). “Where, as here, the appeal of the
determination of the suppression court turns on allegations of legal error, the
suppression court’s legal conclusions are not binding on an appellate court[.]”
Id. The following additional principles are germane to Appellant’s arguments.
The investigation of possible criminal activity invariably brings
police officers in contact with members of the public. Depending
on the circumstances, a police-citizen encounter may implicate the
liberty and privacy interests of the citizen as embodied in both the
federal constitution, see U.S. Const. art. IV, and our state
constitution, see Pa. Const. art. I, § 8. The law recognizes three
distinct levels of interaction between police officers and citizens:
(1) a mere encounter; (2) an investigative detention, often
described as a Terry stop, see Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88
S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968); and (3) a custodial detention.
See Commonwealth v. Jones, 874 A.2d 108, 116 (Pa.Super.
2005).
Commonwealth v. Mackey, 177 A.3d 221, 226–27 (Pa.Super. 2017)
(footnotes omitted).
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3 Appellant’s “questions presented” listed the issues raised in the concise
statement, with an explanation of which issues were withdrawn. Appellant’s
brief at 6-9. For ease of presentation, we have reproduced the headings set
forth within the argument section.
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A traffic stop constitutes a seizure, and, depending on the vehicular
offense at issue, must be supported by either reasonable suspicion or probable
cause.
[W]hen considering whether reasonable suspicion or probable
cause is required constitutionally to make a vehicle stop, the
nature of the violation has to be considered. If it is not necessary
to stop the vehicle to establish that a violation of the Vehicle Code
has occurred, an officer must possess probable cause to stop the
vehicle. Where a violation is suspected, but a stop is necessary to
further investigate whether a violation has occurred, an officer
need only possess reasonable suspicion to make the stop.
Commonwealth v. Salter, 121 A.3d 987, 993 (Pa.Super. 2015)
Finally, a sniff of a vehicle’s exterior is search that must be supported
by reasonable suspicion, as we explained in Commonwealth v. Green, 168
A.3d 180 (Pa.Super. 2017).
A canine sniff is a search pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the
Pennsylvania Constitution. Commonwealth v. Rogers, 578 Pa.
127, 849 A.2d 1185, 1190 (2004). However, because “this type
of search ... ‘is inherently less intrusive upon an individual’s
privacy than other searches[,]’ ” our Supreme Court has held that
police do not need “probable cause to conduct a canine search of
a place.” Id. (quoting Commonwealth v. Johnston, 515 Pa.
454,530 A.2d 74, 79 (1987)). “[R]ather, the police need merely
have reasonable suspicion for believing that narcotics would be
found in the place subject to the canine sniff.” Id.
Id. at 185–86 (footnote omitted).
We now sequentially examine Appellant’s three separate arguments in
support of reversal. First, Appellant alleges that suppression was required due
to Officer Benick’s admission that he intended to effectuate a traffic stop based
on Appellant’s behavior. Particularly, Officer Benick testified that Appellant
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looked surprised when their vehicles crossed paths. Shortly thereafter,
Appellant pulled into Lincoln Mobile Trailer Park, an area where drug deals
were known to occur. The officer waited for Appellant to exit the park, and
stopped his vehicle after seeing him commit a traffic offense. Appellant
submits that suppression was required because Officer Benick intended to pull
him over for the true purpose of investigating other offenses.
Courts tend not to address the issue of whether law enforcement
may use a traffic stop as a pretext to investigate another crime
where the officer lacks reasonable suspicion regarding the
defendant’s criminal activity. Lopez, 609 A.2d at 182. Because of
the record developed during the Suppression Hearing, [Appellant]
believes the facts and procedure are ripe for the court to address
the topic.
If this Court allows Officer Benick’s stated reason for initiating a
traffic stop to stand, it would provide law enforcement "absolute,
unreviewable discretion and authority to intrude into an
individual’s life for no cause whatsoever." Commonwealth v.
Holmes, 14 A.3d 89, 96 (Pa. 2011) quoting Commonwealth v.
Swanger, 307 A.2d 875 ([Pa.] 1973). The traffic stop was tainted
from the moment the officer decided to stop [Appellant] based
upon the officer’s interpretation of a look. Everything else must
be judged from that moment forward, including any potential
probable cause to initiate a traffic stop.
Appellant’s brief at 31-32.
We disagree. Appellant’s assertion that courts have “tend[ed] not to
address” whether pretextual traffic stops are permissible under the Fourth
Amendment is incorrect. The courts have simply concluded that the subjective
intent of police officers is irrelevant to whether a seizure is reasonable. In
Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996), Whren argued that the High
Court should adopt the rule that an unreasonable seizure has occurred when
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a motor vehicle is stopped “unless a reasonable officer would have been
motivated to stop the car by a desire to enforce the traffic laws.” Id. at 808.
The Court first reviewed related precedents and held that even admitted
pretextual seizures did not violate the Fourth Amendment:
We think these cases foreclose any argument that the
constitutional reasonableness of traffic stops depends on the
actual motivations of the individual officers involved. We of course
agree with petitioners that the Constitution prohibits selective
enforcement of the law based on considerations such as race. But
the constitutional basis for objecting to intentionally
discriminatory application of laws is the Equal Protection Clause,
not the Fourth Amendment. Subjective intentions play no role
in ordinary, probable-cause Fourth Amendment analysis.
Id. at 813 (emphasis added).
Whren also rejected the proposed alternative standard, noting that the
cases refusing to find Fourth Amendment violations based on subjective intent
were not premised on the notion that proof of subjective intent is difficult to
establish. Instead, that intent was simply irrelevant. “Why one would frame
a test designed to combat pretext in such fashion that the court cannot take
into account actual and admitted pretext is a curiosity that can only be
explained by the fact that our cases have foreclosed the more sensible option.”
Id. at 814 (emphasis in original). Thus, Whren concluded that “For the run-
of-the-mine case . . . we think there is no realistic alternative to the traditional
common-law rule that probable cause justifies a search and seizure.” Id. at
819.
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Presently, Appellant does not claim that Officer Benick lacked probable
cause to believe that he had committed a traffic offense warranting the seizure
pursuant to Salter, supra. Nor does he offer any argument that this is
anything but a run-of-the-mine case. Therefore, the trial court properly
refused to grant suppression on this basis.
We now turn to Appellant’s second argument, which avers that Officer
Benick lacked reasonable suspicion that Appellant was engaged in drug
activity.
[T]o establish grounds for reasonable suspicion, the officer must
articulate specific observations which, in conjunction with
reasonable inferences derived from those observations, led him
reasonably to conclude, in light of his experience, that criminal
activity was afoot and that the person he stopped was involved in
that activity. The question of whether reasonable suspicion
existed at the time [the officer conducted the stop] must be
answered by examining the totality of the circumstances to
determine whether the officer who initiated the stop had a
particularized and objective basis for suspecting the individual
stopped. Therefore, the fundamental inquiry of a reviewing court
must be an objective one, namely, whether the facts available to
the officer at the moment of the [stop] warrant a man of
reasonable caution in the belief that the action taken was
appropriate.
Green, supra at 184 (quoting Commonwealth v. Basinger, 982 A.2d 121,
125 (Pa.Super. 2009) (alterations in Basinger)).
The traffic code violation justified the initial seizure. The question is
whether Officer Benick had reasonable suspicion to perform a search of the
vehicle’s exterior with a drug-sniffing dog during the course of that seizure.
Our Supreme Court has held that reasonable suspicion must exist to perform
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a canine search of the vehicle’s exterior, and concluded that reasonable
suspicion was present in that case.
In the matter sub judice, Trooper Banovsky stated that when he
approached the vehicle, Appellant was extremely nervous. In
fact, Appellant was trembling so badly he had difficulty retrieving
his license from his wallet. Also, the paperwork for Appellant’s car
was conflicting, incomplete and in some instances plainly
fraudulent. Furthermore, while Appellant claimed that he had just
departed a friend’s house in Butler, he could not recall the
address. Additionally, Trooper Banovsky noted open boxes of
laundry supplies as well as packaging tape in the back seat of the
car; Trooper Banovsky knew from his experience investigating
drug offenses that these items were commonly used in the
packaging and distribution of controlled substances.
Commonwealth v. Rogers, 849 A.2d 1185, 1189–90 (Pa. 2004).
In Green, we explained that the investigating officer had reasonable
suspicion for an exterior search for the following reasons:
We conclude that Trooper Conrad possessed reasonable suspicion
to detain Green on suspicion that he was trafficking drugs. When
Trooper Conrad approached the vehicle and made contact with
Green, he immediately noticed that Green was “overly nervous
just for being stopped for a traffic violation,” as Green’s carotid
artery was pulsating and “his lips and face area around his lips
were trembling.” Upon reviewing the vehicle’s documentation,
Trooper Conrad discovered that the vehicle belonged to an absent
third party, which, in his experience, raised his suspicion that the
vehicle was being used for drug trafficking. In addition, Green
stated that he was returning from Philadelphia, a city known to
Trooper Conrad as a source location for narcotics. Trooper Conrad
also performed a criminal background check on Green, which
showed “a lengthy criminal history for ... assault and drug
offenses.” Further, when Trooper Conrad stopped the vehicle, he
remembered prior contacts with Green and with the subject
vehicle. Trooper Conrad’s prior contact with Green, where Green
was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by Trooper Conrad, resulted
in recovery of cocaine and marijuana hidden in the engine
compartment of the vehicle. Trooper Conrad’s prior contact with
the tan Dodge sedan resulted in recovery of a hypodermic needle
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in the passenger compartment. Under these circumstances, we
agree with the trial court that Trooper Conrad possessed
reasonable suspicion that Green was trafficking drugs.
Green, supra at 184–85 (citations omitted).
This case shares many of these characteristics. Appellant “appeared
extremely nervous, he spoke in a low, mumbled tone, he made limited eye
contact, he was breathing heavily, and Patrolman Benick could see his heart
rapidly beating through his shirt.” Order, 5/12/16, at 3. Furthermore,
Appellant stated that he had not stopped anywhere while traveling from his
house to his destination, which conflicted with Officer Benick’s observations.
In Green, we deemed it relevant that (1) Green was returning from
Philadelphia, a “city known to [the officer] as a source location for narcotics,”
and (2) that Green had a lengthy criminal history for assault and drug
offenses.
In this case, Appellant drove into the Lincoln Mobile trailer park, stayed
approximately two minutes, then departed. That location was known to
Officer Benick as a high drug activity area. If it is permissible for the trial
court to consider a defendant who is returning from Philadelphia to be
returning from a location that is a ‘source location for narcotics,’ as we stated
in Green, then Appellant’s visiting a trailer park with a history of drug activity
immediately prior to the traffic stop is of much stronger inferential value,
especially since Officer Benick had personally made several arrests in that
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park.4 Additionally, Officer Benick checked Appellant’s criminal history and
learned that Appellant had been recently arrested for possession with intent
to deliver.
This case does not involve any kind of paraphernalia that indicated
distribution of drugs, as in Rogers, nor does it involve fraudulent and/or
suspicious documentation as in Rogers and Green. Of course, each case
must be considered based on its facts, and we are satisfied that under the
totality of the circumstances as discussed supra, Officer Benick had reasonable
suspicion that Appellant was involved in drug activity.
Finally, Appellant cites Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609
(2015), and Commonwealth v. Lopez, 609 A.2d 177 (Pa.Super. 1992). In
Rodriguez, the United States Supreme Court held that a police officer may
not extend an otherwise-completed traffic stop in order to conduct a drug dog
sniff. Rodriguez held that “[a]uthority for the seizure thus ends when tasks
tied to the traffic infraction are—or reasonably should have been—completed.”
Id. at 1614. While Rodriguez involves the use of a drug-sniffing dog, its
holding is largely irrelevant to the instant case because the Fourth Amendment
permits a dog sniff without any level of suspicion. Id. at 1612 (citing Illinois
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4 Appellant noted that there are innocent explanations for his short stay, as
Officer Benick did not see where he went in the park. However; “Potential
innocent explanations for [the citizen]’s conduct do not negate the
reasonableness of [the officer]’s suspicion of criminal activity.”
Commonwealth v. Davis, 102 A.3d 996, 1000 (Pa.Super. 2014).
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v. Caballes, 543 U.S. 405 (2005)). Thus, Rodriguez is largely inapposite,
because the High Court was addressing only whether a completed seizure
could be prolonged for purposes of bringing a drug-sniffing dog on scene.
Indeed, Rodriguez remanded the case to determine whether the dog sniff
was independently supported by reasonable suspicion. Id. at 1616.
Likewise, Lopez deals with whether a seizure was justified beyond the
reason for the initial stop. Thus, the case addressed “the propriety of the
subsequent detention and investigation[.]” Lopez, supra at 181 (emphasis
added). “Absent reasonable grounds to suspect an illegal transaction in drugs
or other serious crime, the officer had no legitimate reason for detaining Lopez
or for pursuing any further investigation of him.” Id. at 182.
As discussed supra, we have determined that there was reasonable
suspicion to suspect drug activity. Therefore, the continued detention for
further investigation was justified. This is not a case, as in Lopez, where the
justification for the seizure had dissipated. Therefore, we reject Appellant’s
arguments and affirm the suppression order.
Appellant’s second issue contends that the Commonwealth failed to
present sufficient evidence to support the convictions for the possessory
offenses respecting the drugs and gun. Appellant challenges only the element
of possession. When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we examine
whether, viewing all the evidence admitted at trial in the light
most favorable to the [Commonwealth as the] verdict winner,
there is sufficient evidence to enable the fact-finder to find every
element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In applying [the
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above] test, we may not weigh the evidence and substitute our
judgment for the fact-finder. In addition, we note that the facts
and circumstances established by the Commonwealth need not
preclude every possibility of innocence. Any doubts regarding a
defendant’s guilt may be resolved by the fact-finder unless the
evidence is so weak and inconclusive that as a matter of law no
probability of fact may be drawn from the combined
circumstances. The Commonwealth may sustain its burden of
proving every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt by
means of wholly circumstantial evidence.
Commonwealth v. Cornelius, 180 A.3d 1256, 1259 (Pa.Super. 2018)
(quoting Commonwealth v. Gonzalez, 109 A.3d 711, 716 (Pa.Super. 2015)
(alterations in Gonzalez)).
Since Appellant did not possess the drugs or gun on his person, the
Commonwealth was required to establish constructive possession, i.e. that
Appellant had both the ability and intent to exercise control over the items.
See Commonwealth v. Dargan, 897 A.2d 496, 503, 504 (Pa.Super. 2006).
We explained in Commonwealth v. Brown, 48 A.3d 426 (Pa.Super. 2012),
that
Constructive possession is a legal fiction, a pragmatic construct to
deal with the realities of criminal law enforcement. Constructive
possession is an inference arising from a set of facts that
possession of the contraband was more likely than not. We have
defined constructive possession as conscious dominion. We
subsequently defined conscious dominion as the power to control
the contraband and the intent to exercise that control. To aid
application, we have held that constructive possession may be
established by the totality of the circumstances.
Id. at 430 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). Mere presence
is insufficient as a matter of law to establish possession. Commonwealth v.
Parrish, --- A.3d ----, 2018 WL 2995314 (Pa.Super. June 15, 2018) (holding
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Commonwealth failed to establish constructive possession of items recovered
from the front of the vehicle, where defendant was seated in back driver’s side
of vehicle).
We now incorporate the trial court’s recitation of the factual history
regarding the subsequent search of Appellant’s vehicle, as testified to at trial.
Sergeant Bauer subsequently arrived at the scene. She instructed
[Appellant] to close the windows on the Impala so that the K9,
Vegas, could perform an exterior sniff. Vegas subsequently
walked around the Impala and began sniffing and scratching at it.
[Appellant] was advised by Officer Benick to exit the vehicle so
that he could perform a search. Once [Appellant] stepped outside
of the vehicle, Officer Benick performed a pat down of [Appellant]
with his consent. Cash was found in [Appellant]’s pocket.
[Appellant] also informed Sergeant Bauer that there may be a
marijuana blunt roach in the vehicle. Subsequently, Officer Benick
performed a search of the vehicle. Officer Benick discovered a
black computer bag in the trunk of the car. In the bag, Officer
Benick found three (3) clear plastic bags containing a white rock
substance. This substance was later identified as cocaine. Officer
Benick also found a weapon inside the computer bag with nine (9)
live rounds in its chamber. In addition, he found a computer,
tablet, and Nokia cell phone. It was later discovered that
[Appellant] was listed as the owner of the tablet. . . .
[Appellant] was thereafter placed under arrest and advised of his
Miranda [r]ights. [Appellant] never indicated that he did not wish
to speak with Officer Benick. Officer Benick asked [Appellant] if
he could identify the substance that was found in his vehicle.
[Appellant] replied that there was "a little bit of everything."
Officer Benick also asked if [Appellant] could identify the owner of
the firearm. [Appellant] would not identify the owner of the
firearm because he said he does not tell on people. Officer Benick
advised [Appellant] that the firearm was considered to be his since
he is the owner of the vehicle and he was in possession of it.
[Appellant] replied that he was aware of this. . . .
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Sergeant Bauer instructed [Appellant] to close the windows on his
vehicle prior to having Vegas perform an exterior scan of the
vehicle. Once Vegas began his scan, he immediately jumped and
hit on the seam of [Appellant]’s driver’s side door. Vegas also
jumped and hit the passenger side window of [Appellant]’s
vehicle. Vegas’ actions indicated that the odor of a narcotic was
inside the vehicle. Officer Benick then began his search of the
vehicle. Sergeant Bauer stood with [Appellant] while Officer
Benick performed the search. She testified that [Appellant]
appeared to be very nervous when Officer Benick got to the trunk
of the vehicle. Sergeant Bauer assisted Officer Benick with the
search of the vehicle’s trunk.
Trial Court Opinion, 11/16/17, at 3-5 (footnotes and citations omitted).
We find that this is not a case of mere presence, and that the evidence
presented entitled the jury to find that Appellant constructively possessed the
drugs and gun. Those items were found in the trunk of a vehicle that Appellant
was driving and which was registered to him. See Commonwealth v.
Haskins, 677 A.2d 328, 330 (Pa.Super. 1996) (items found in hatch area of
vehicle which was “usually accessible only to the operator of a vehicle”).
Additional circumstantial evidence linked Appellant to the items. Within the
bag containing the contraband was an electronic tablet, with Appellant listed
as the owner when the device was powered on. When questioned by Officer
Benick about the controlled substances, Appellant said, “You know what you
got.” N.T. Jury Trial, 5/1-3/17, at 94. With respect to the firearm, Appellant
declined to name the owner, stating, “I ain’t saying, I don’t tell on people.”
Id. This evidence establishes that Appellant knew of the items’ existence.
Finally, the canine’s handler testified that Appellant became nervous when
Officer Benick started to search the trunk. When viewing the inferences drawn
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from this evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, we find
that the jury’s finding of constructive possession was supported.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary
Date: 9/19/2018
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