State v. Weide

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals reversing a judgment of conviction of the circuit court for Jefferson County, Judge John B. Danforth. The primary issue before this court is whether, under the circumstances of this case, it was unreasonable, and thus a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, sec. 11 of the Wisconsin Constitution, for two officers of the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department (the Department) to inventory the contents of the purse of the defendant, Pamela L. Weide (Weide), after…