court of appeals decision (1-judge; not for publication); for Manske: Jennifer R. Drow; BiC; Resp.; Reply Traffic Stop – Reasonable Suspicion ¶16 Manske submits that because his driving was in some respects not consistent with an impaired driver, Galipo did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him. However, the test for reasonable suspicion… Read more
2. Traffic stops
court of appeals decision (1-judge; not for publication); for Lonergan: Owen R. Williams; BiC; Resp. Reasonable Suspicion – OWI Stop Stop supported by reasonable suspicion, where vehicle “‘deviated constantly’ from a direct line of travel” and “made several abrupt course corrections,” albeit within its own lane. United States v. Lyons, 7 F.3d 973 (10th Cir. 1993) and United… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge; not for publication); for Pintar: Sarvan Singh; BiC; Resp.; Reply Probable Cause – Traffic Violation The police had probable cause to believe Pintar violated § 343.13(1), given uncontroverted testimony that his vehicle “moved across the center skip line (of I-94) into the lane of a car that was approaching from… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge; not for publication) Traffic Stops No seizure, given that police neither “prompted” Hennessey to park car not blocked him in; therefore reasonable suspicion not necessary to approach car… Read more
State v. Robert A. Tomaszewski, 2010 WI App 51; for Tomazewski: Devon M. Lee, SPD, Madison Appellate; Resp. Br.; Reply Br. ¶6 n. 3: Tomaszewski argues this is not a case in which reasonable suspicion that he was violating a traffic law would justify the stop. In Tomaszewski’s view, a temporary detention may be justified by… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge; not for publication); BIC; Resp. Br. Traffic Stop – Reasonable Suspicion Stop was supported by reasonable suspicion, given trial court findings that “Johnson’s vehicle crossed the fog line and drifted across the lane to the area of the center line, weaved from the right to the left while negotiating curves in… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge; not for publication); BiC; Resp. Br.; Reply Traffic Stop – Reasonable Suspicion – § 346.072(1) “We are satisfied that a reasonable officer could reasonably suspect that, by driving 28 to 30 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone within 2 to 3 feet of the squad cars, Statz did not slow down, maintain a… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); Resp Br. (Baake); Reply (State) Traffic Stop – Failure to Yield to Stopped Police Vehicle Stop for failure to yield unsupported: “§ 346.072, by its plain language, only requires a motorist to change lanes if there are two or more lanes in the motorist’s direction of travel and it… Read more
