State v. Drogsvold

Defendant, Wayne Drogsvold, is charged with first-degree murder. Sec. 940.01 (1), Stats. The state has appealed from an order suppressing defendant’s post-arrest inculpatory statements and the evidence obtained as a result of those statements. Defendant cross-appeals from the same order which also denied his motion to dismiss the complaint and information.

The police arrested defendant in his home without a warrant. The trial court concluded that the arrest was unlawful because it was made without probable cause, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and for the purpose of obtaining…