Legal Opinion
State v. Oppermann
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided April 4, 1990No. 89-1577-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P.J.
James Oppermann was convicted, following a trial to the court, of knowingly fleeing a marked police vehicle after having received a visual and audible signal to stop, contrary to sec. 346.04(3), Stats. The ultimate issue is whether there is sufficient evidence that the police vehicle was marked. The trial court held that so long as a car is equipped with lights and a siren, whether visible to the public or not, it is a police vehicle and therefore is marked in some fashion as a police vehicle. In so ruling, the trial court expressly rejected two attorney general opinions to the contrary. We…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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