State v. David L. Munroe, 2001 WI App 104 For Munroe: Peter Koneazny, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue: Whether Munroe’s acquiescence, under false pretenses, to police entry of his motel room vitiated any consent for their subsequent search of that room, where Munroe refused their initial request to search. Holding: ¶11 The officers entered Munroe’s room for… Read more
b. Acquiescence
State v. Vanessa D. Hughes, 2000 WI 24, 233 Wis. 2d 280, 607 N.W.2d 621, reversing unpublished decision, cert. denied, __ U.S. __ (2001). For Hughes: Andrea Taylor Cornwall, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate. Issue: Whether Hughes voluntarily consented to a search of her person. Holding: By verbally consenting and affirmatively assisting the police by lifting her skirt, Hughes did more… Read more
State v. Michael Wilson, 229 Wis.2d 256, 600 N.W.2d 14 (Ct. App. 1999) For Wilson: Martha A. Askins, SPD, Madison Appellate. Holding: Consent to search was mere acquiescence and therefore involuntary. (“Depriving a defendant of necessities is an indicia that consent is involuntary.”) … Read more
