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We know it has been quite some time since we checked in with the Seventh. Mostly, that’s because the pace of the Court slowed down quite a bit toward the end of the year. We wanted to make this post more substantive, so we’ve combined the last few months into one update. As usual, we’ve tried to focus on cases with potential relevance to state court practitioners and thereby omit several interesting cases about federal procedure or federal statutory interpretation:
COA holds that exclusionary rule does not apply to evidence of defendant’s flight from police after traffic stop was allegedly unlawfully extended.
State of Wisconsin v. Alsherrife Mire, 2024AP2481-CR, 2/4/26, District II (recommended for publication); case activity
In a decision recommended for publication, the COA affirmed the circuit court’s order denying the defendant’s motion to suppress the fruits of his allegedly unlawfully extended traffic stop because evidence of his flight from police was not derived from the stop.
COA finds sufficient evidence of dangerousness and affirms protective placement
Brown County v. M.S., 2025AP1532, 2/3/26, District III (ineligible for publication); case activity
In yet another appeal focusing on Chapter 55’s dangerousness criterion, COA holds that while the County could have done a better job at this hearing, the evidence passes muster on appeal.
COA affirms circuit court’s finding of reasonable suspicion for traffic stop resulting in OWI 3rd
State v. Troy A. Wry, 2023AP561, 2/3/26, District III (ineligible for publication); case activity
Wry appeals his conviction for OWI 3rd, arguing the circuit court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence because law enforcement lacked reasonable suspicion that Wry had committed, or was committing, an offense sufficient to conduct an investigatory stop of his vehicle. COA affirms.