On Point

State v. Jeffrey Stout, 2002 WI App 41, PFR filed 2/21/02 For Stout: James L. Fullin, Jr., SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶14. … (T)he United States Supreme Court has never held that a warrantless entry into a private residence may be justified by a Terry investigatory stop based on reasonable suspicion provided by an informant’s tip. To […]

State v. Harold C. Mikkelson, 2002 WI App 152 For Mikkelson: Michael Yovovich, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether the state waived an appellate argument in opposition to suppression by not raising it at the suppression hearing. Holding: ¶14 “The waiver rule serves several important objectives. Raising issues at the [circuit] court level allows the …. court […]

State v. Glover B. Jones, 2002 WI App 196, PFR filed 8/22/02 For Jones: Mark D. Richards Issue/Holding: Failure of the warrant application to include dismissal of prior criminal charge listed against defendant didn’t mislead judge, who would have inferred that had the charge resulted in conviction that result would have been asserted.

State v. Jeffrey L. Loranger, 2002 WI App 5, PFR filed 1/22/02 For Loranger: Richard B. Jacobson, James C. Murray Issue: Whether the search warrant was based on intentionally or recklessly false averments, Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978). Holding: ¶23. Viewing the totality of the circumstances, we conclude that the issuing court commissioner had a […]

State v. Jeffrey L. Loranger, 2002 WI App 5, PFR filed 1/22/02For Loranger: Richard B. Jacobson, James C. Murray Issue: Whether evidence illegally obtained through warrantless use of a thermal imaging device, in reliance on then-valid Wisconsin appellate court decision subsequently invalidated by a Supreme Court decision, must be suppressed. Holding: Warrantless use of a thermal imaging […]

State v. Glover B. Jones, 2002 WI App 196, PFR filed 8/22/02 For Jones: Mark D. Richards Issue/Holding: ¶13. There are no longer specific prerequisites to a finding of confidential informant reliability. Rather, the current test simply requires courts to “consider all of the circumstances set forth in the affidavit, including the veracity and basis of knowledge […]

State v. Glover B. Jones, 2002 WI App 196, PFR filed 8/22/02 For Jones: Mark D. Richards Issue/Holding: Although the age of the information in the warrant application – six months – gives pause, it isn’t sufficiently stale to defeat probable cause for drug trafficking. ¶22                        Jones argues that the key information in the warrant affidavit—the informant’s allegations—was over […]

State v. Garry C. Eskridge, 2002 WI App 158, PFR filed 6/14/02 For Eskridge: Gregory Bates Issue: Whether a tenant had an expectation of privacy in the basement area of a multiple unit apartment building. Holding: A tenant’s expectation of privacy in the common areas of multiple unit buildings is decided on a case by case basis. ¶10. Because […]

State v. Kirk J. Bergquist, 2002 WI App 39 For Berhquist: Steven H. Gibbs Issue: Whether the state’s refusal to return guns valued at between $5000 and $7,150, following conviction for disorderly conduct, violated the Eighth Amendment Excessive Fines Clause. Holding: ¶8. Although the term ‘forfeiture’ does not appear in this statute, our supreme court has […]

State v. Vernell T. Williams, 2002 WI App 306 For Williams: Michael A. Haakenson Issue: Whether a stop whose purpose (to investigate possible connection to an earlier crime) had dissipated was unlawfully prolonged by a checking the driver’s license. Holding: ¶19. In State v. Ellenbecker, 159 Wis. 2d 91, 464 N.W.2d 427 (Ct. App. 1990), we held […]