State v. Drew

The following opinion was filed December 4, 1934:

Fairchild, J.

In criminal prosecutions, upon motion before trial, evidence will be suppressed when it has been reduced to possession by officers of the state through an unlawful search and seizure by such officers. Glodowski v. State, 196 Wis. 265, 220 N. W. 227. The sufficiency of form and substance of appellant’s motion to suppress the evidence in this case is the subject of inquiry on this appeal. Courts will not deny a litigant a hearing or refuse to protect him in his rights merely because of informality in his application for relief. But…