By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//December 13, 2011//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//December 13, 2011//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Search and Seizure — search warrants — thermal imagining
William Grantham appeals a judgment of conviction for manufacturing THC and possession of THC with intent to deliver. Grantham disputes the validity of two search warrants executed by police. He first challenges a purported warrant authorizing a thermal imaging search of his home because the document was titled as an order. He also argues the attendant search was invalid because police did not make the statutorily required return of the warrant and the items seized. Grantham next argues the affidavit in support of a subsequent search warrant failed to establish the reasonable suspicion necessary to issue a no-knock warrant. We reject Grantham’s arguments and affirm. Not recommended for publication in the official reports.
2010AP2693-CR State v. Grantham
Dist III, Taylor County, Hartley, J., Hoover, P.J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Rotter, Peter C., Wausau; For Respondent: Kassel, Jeffrey J., Madison; Kelz, Karl J., Medford