Legal Opinion
State v. Littlejohn
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided January 10, 2008No. 2007AP900-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLundsten, J.
¶ 1. This is a warrantless-vehicle-search-incident-to-arrest case. The State appeals a circuit court order suppressing evidence obtained from a search of Michael Littlejohn's car. The search occurred after Littlejohn exited his car, locked it, and walked away from it. We conclude that the search was a valid search incident to arrest under New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454 (1981), and State v. Fry, 131 Wis. 2d 153, 388 N.W.2d 565 (1986). Accordingly, we reverse the circuit court's order and remand for further proceedings.
Background
¶ 2. Two police officers on patrol observed Little-john driving…
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