Legal Opinion
State v. Kerr
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1994No. 92-1859-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShirley S. Abrahamson, J.
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Kerr, 174 Wis. 2d 55, 496 N.W. 2d 742 (Ct. App. 1993), affirming the judgment of conviction of the circuit court for Brown county, Peter J. Naze, Circuit Judge.
Two issues are raised on review: (1) Is the warrant to search for drugs in the defendant's motel room supported by probable cause? (2) In executing the warrant to search for drugs were the police justified in making a "no-knock" entry of a motel room. In other words, may law enforcement officers with a warrant to search for drugs enter a motel room without first…
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