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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Shepherd finds a lower court properly denied a defendant's motion to suppress evidence located by authorities during a traffic stop. The defendant, who disclosed that he was travelling to Las Vegas, argued that the State troopers did not have reasonable suspicion to search his vehicle. However, the government presented sufficient evidence in court that the defendant, who has "extremely rotting teeth," was profusely sweating and exhibiting nervous behavior, possessed a firearm, ammunition, and meth, which was discovered during a drug dog alert. Affirmed.