Alston v. State

The issues presented in this case are whether the police indulged in an unreasonable search and seizure, whether there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction, and whether the defect in the warrant compels a new trial.

The federal 1 and the Wisconsin 2 constitutions protect against unreasonable searches and seizures in substantially identical provisions. 3 Therefore, the decision in Mapp v. Ohio 4 did not change the law in Wisconsin. 4a That decision and others following it indicate that exclusion of evidence obtained in violation of the constitutional guaranties puts meaning into…