Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes is due in court today on marijuana possession charges his attorney is fighting by challenging the traffic stop that led to his arrest.

Common Pleas Judge Lester G. Nauhaus is scheduled to rule today on the motion filed last week by Mr. Holmes' attorney, Robert Del Greco, to suppress the traffic stop.

Police stopped Mr. Holmes, the 25-year-old Steelers wide receiver, near Mellon Arena on Oct. 23 and found three marijuana-filled cigars. According to a criminal complaint against Mr. Holmes, officers in Zone 2 had received word to be on the lookout for a newer model SUV with out-of-state plates that could be carrying a large amount of narcotics.

The brief argues that a search of Mr. Holmes' vehicle violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution because the police information came from an anonymous tip.

In an interview yesterday, Mr. Del Greco said that the information also was far too broad to justify searching a vehicle because it did not specify a color, model, or even a state from which the SUV could have come.

If Judge Nauhaus throws out the traffic stop, prosecutors likely would drop the case.

Mr. Holmes was suspended from the team for one game after his arrest.