Legal Opinion

State v. Powers

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided June 16, 2004No. 03-2450-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, PJ.

¶ 1. Jeffrey E Powers challenges the investigatory stop that led to his arrest on a fifth offense operating while intoxicated charge (OWI). Powers insists there is no evidence that the citizen informant who turned him in to the police was known to be reliable because there was no evidence that the citizen informant actually saw him operate a motor vehicle or violate the law. He further argues that the citizen informant had no articulable facts indicating why the citizen thought Powers was intoxicated. We reject Powers' appeal and affirm for the reason that under the totality of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. State v. PaszekWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
  4. State v. RichardsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1990
  5. State v. RutzinskiWisconsin Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by9 opinions

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