Legal Opinion

Laasch v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 30, 1978No. 76-374-CRPublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtConnor T. Hansen, J.

On this review, Karyn D. Laaseh (hereinafter defendant), raises several issues. However, the resolution of the issue of whether the defendant was unlawfully arrested, causing the trial court to lack personal jurisdiction, is dispositive of this review.

On the afternoon of February 5,1975, Village of Brown Deer police detective John Bendtschneider observed the defendant as she sold to a police informer, for $50, approximately one gram of what she purported to be cocaine. Chemical tests later confirmed that the substance was a form of cocaine. At approximately 9 p.m. that evening, the defendant…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. State v. PhillipsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
  3. People v. AbneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
  4. State v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1986
  5. State v. TomlinsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 2002

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