Legal Opinion

State v. Sveum

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided May 7, 2009No. 2008AP658-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLundsten, J.

¶ 1. Michael Sveum challenges his aggravated stalking conviction. At Sveum's jury trial, the prosecution presented detailed tracking information about the movements of Sveum's car obtained from a Global Positioning System tracking device (GPS de vice) that police secretly attached to his car. Sveum argues that the police obtained this tracking information in violation of his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The State responds that no Fourth Amendment search or seizure occurs when police attach a GPS device to the outside of a vehicle while it is in a…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Boyde v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. State Ex Rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  4. United States v. KaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. United States v. KnottsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. MaynardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  3. United States v. Cuevas-PerezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  4. State v. SveumWisconsin Supreme Court · 2010
  5. People v. LeFloreAppellate Court of Illinois · 2013

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