By: Derek Hawkins//September 28, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Steven N. Jackson
Case No.: 2015AP2628
Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J.
Focus: Probable Cause – Refusal of Blood Test – Court Error
In January 2015, Steven Jackson was issued a notice of intent to revoke operating privilege after he was arrested for operating while under the influence (2nd) and refused to submit to a blood test. After a refusal hearing in December 2015, the circuit court entered a judgment finding Jackson guilty of improperly refusing a blood test and revoking Jackson’s operating privilege for twelve months. Jackson appeals, arguing that: (1) the officers lacked probable cause to arrest him for operating while under the influence; and (2) the circuit court erred in admitting a squad car videotape recording at the refusal hearing as evidence that the arresting officer complied with the statutory Informing the Accused requirements and that Jackson refused to submit to a blood test. For the reasons set forth below, I conclude that probable cause did exist to arrest Jackson, and that it was not error for the circuit court to admit the squad car recording. Accordingly, I affirm the judgmen