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Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

By: Derek Hawkins//October 11, 2017//

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

By: Derek Hawkins//October 11, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael J. Mansfield

Case No.: 2016AP2423-CR

Officials: STARK, P.J.

Focus: Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

Michael Mansfield appeals a judgment convicting him of third-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI). He challenges the circuit court’s denial of his suppression motions on three grounds: (1) law enforcement lacked reasonable suspicion to perform a traffic stop; (2) after Mansfield was stopped, law enforcement lacked reasonable suspicion to frisk him for weapons; and (3) Wisconsin’s implied consent statute is inherently coercive, thereby rendering his consent to a blood draw involuntary and the implied consent statute facially unconstitutional. We reject Mansfield’s arguments and affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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