State v. Trecroci

¶1. The State of Wisconsin appeals from a trial court order granting a motion to suppress evidence filed by the defendants, Matthew J. Trecroci, Ryan J. Frayer, Ronnie J. Prayer, Scott E. Oberst and Amy L. Wicks. The police made a warrant-less entry into an interior stairway off of an enclosed porch entry to the building. The stairway led to Trecroci's second-floor apartment and to an attic area leased by the Frayers and Oberst. We hold that the defendants had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the stairway, thereby rejecting the State's argument that the stairway was a "common area" not…