State v. Roosevelt Williams, 2001 WI 21, on remand from U.S. S.Ct., 529 U.S. 1050 (2000), previously reported: State v. Roosevelt Williams, 225 Wis. 2d 159, 591 N.W.2d 823 (1999); State v. Williams, 214 Wis. 2d 412, 570 N.W.2d 892 (Ct. App. 1997).For Williams: Melinda Swartz, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate. Issue: Whether the police had reasonable suspiciion to conduct a “protective search” of… Read more
3. Frisks
State v. Tartorius Allen, 226 Wis.2d 66, 593 N.W.2d 504 (Ct. App. 1999) For Allen: Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate. Holding: A frisk is an intrusion additional to the stop, and requires additional justification about the presence of a weapon, which the court finds: Allen and his companion being in a high-crime area, standing… Read more
Reasonable Suspicion – Stop – Basis – Warrant Execution – leaving house where warrant being executed
State v. Louis Taylor, 226 Wis.2d 490, 595 N.W.2d 56 (Ct. App. 1999) For Taylor: Donald T. Lang, SPD, Madison Appellate. Holding: Taylor walked out the back door as police were knocking on the front door to execute a warrant for someone else, in an area described as “high drug … high gang.” The police were… Read more
State v. Tartorius Allen, 226 Wis.2d 66, 593 N.W.2d 504 (Ct. App. 1999) For Allen: Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate. Holding: Allen and his companion being in a high-crime area, standing alone, would not be enough to create reasonable suspicion. A brief contact with a car, standing alone, would not be enough to create… Read more
State v. Michael T. Morgan, 197 Wis. 2d 200, 539 N.W.2d 887 (1995) For Morgan: Wm. J. Tyroler, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate; Calvin Malone Issue/Holding: … The court of appeals then held that the search of Morgan was supported by articulable facts in the record, including the “fairly-high-crime-rate area”; Morgan’s driving in two alleys at approximately… Read more
