Legal Opinion
State v. Nesbit
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided August 9, 2017No. 2016AP224-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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HAGEDORN, J.
This case concerns whether an officer's frisk of a citizen was supported by reason*68able suspicion. Kavin Nesbit and a friend were on 1-94 in Kenosha County when they ran out of gas. With a red gas can in hand, they were walking along the shoulder of the expressway when State Trooper David Fowles activated his lights and pulled up behind them. Fowles later stated he pulled up out of concern for their safety and because walking along the highway is illegal.
f 2. After what both parties concede was "perfectly normal" conversation, Fowles told the men he would give them a ride to…
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