State v. Antonio K. Phillips, 2009 WI App 179, PFR filed 11/25/09 For Phillips: Michael J. Backes Issue/Holding: ¶8 There are four exigent circumstances that may justify a warrantless search: “(1) an arrest made in ‘hot pursuit,’ (2) a threat to safety of a suspect or others, (3) a risk that evidence will be destroyed, and… Read more
C. Warrant unnecessary
State v. Kevin Raphael Lee, 2009 WI App 96, PFR filed 7/1/09 For Lee: Robert E. Haney Issue/Holding: Warrantless entry of residence is supported when the State demonstrates both probable cause and exigent circumstances, ¶7. Exigent circumstances include: (1) hot pursuit of suspect; (2) threat to someone’s safety; (3) risk of evidence destruction; and (4) likelihood suspect… Read more
State v. Jermichael James Carroll, 2010 WI 8, affirming 2008 WI App 161 For Carroll: Michael K. Gould, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: Displayed image on cell phone satisfied plain view doctrine (lawful position of officer, inadvertent discovery, probable cause to be images displayed contraband), ¶¶23-25… Read more
State v. Jermichael James Carroll, 2008 WI App 161, affirmed on other grounds, 2010 WI 8 For Carroll: Michael K. Gould, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: Continued possession of Carroll’s cell phone justified, though Carroll not in custody. Expectation of privacy in cell phone analogous to that attending “closed container” such as luggage, as to which detention of container… Read more
State v. Jordan A. Denk, 2008 WI 130, on certification For Denk: Lora B. Cerone, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶20 n. 4: … While Pickering could consent to a search of the vehicle, he could not consent to a search of his passenger. See State v. Matejka, 2001 WI 5, 241 Wis. 2d 52, 621 N.W.2d 891 (driver’s consent to search of… Read more
State v. Eric Dwayne Rogers, 2008 WI App 176, PFR filed 12/12/08 For Rogers: Mark D. Richards Issue/Holding: Warrantless entry of Rogers’ home, following seizure of contraband from his car, was unlawful: ¶19 In this case, the police entered Rogers’ residence after seizing contraband from his car and person and then seeing Rogers’ brother and others at… Read more
State v. Gary A. Johnson, 2007 WI 32, affirming 2006 WI App 15 For Johnson: Eileen A. Hirsch, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether Johnson’s statement, “I don’t have a problem with that,” made in response to an officer’s assertion that they were “going to search the vehicle” was voluntary consent or mere acquiescence. Holding: ¶19 As the record… Read more
State v. Dwight M. Sanders, 2007 WI App 174, affirmed on different ground, 2008 WI 85 For Sanders: Patrick M. Donnelly, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶32 In both Hughes and Garrett, the police officers actually detected the presence of drugs within the residence before they entered without a warrant. In Hughes, the officers smelled the “unmistakable odor of marijuana coming… Read more
