State v. Hoffpauir

Michael Hoffpauir appeals his convictions of first degree burglary and third degree theft. The dispositive issue is whether the voice identification procedure used by the local marshal was sufficiently suspect to warrant suppression as an inadmissible fruit of an illegal detention or to give rise to a substantial likelihood of misi-dentification. We affirm.

On May 8, 1984, Coulee City Marshal Charles Stokoe responded to a call from Mrs. Gertrude Baycroft at 12:45 a.m. She informed the marshal there had been an intruder in her home, approximately 5 feet 6 inches, 145 pounds, wearing a baseball…