State v. Antonio D. Brown

¶ 1. The State of Wisconsin seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals1 that reversed the circuit court's denial of Antonio Brown's motion to vacate his conviction and plea and to suppress all evidence seized during a stop of his vehicle. The court of appeals determined that the circuit court erred because there was no probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop Brown's vehicle. Accordingly, it concluded that the evidence resulting from the search should have been suppressed.

¶ 2. The State contends that the officers' observation of an unlit light bulb in Brown's tail lamp…