State v. Maddix

¶ 1. Dyllon A. Maddix appeals a judgment of conviction for manufacturing tet*183rahydrocannabinols (THC) in violation of Wis. Stat. § 961.41(l)(h)l. (2011-12),1 arguing that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence that police officers obtained during a warrantless search of his apartment. The issue on appeal is whether the community caretaker exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment applies to that search. We conclude that the officers were not engaged in a bona fide community caretaker function because there was no objectively reasonable basis for…