By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//May 18, 2011//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
CRIMINAL UNPUBLISHED
Search and Seizure
Consent
Randall S. Werdin appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury verdict, convicting him of forty-two[1] counts of possession of child pornography and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
We agree with the State that the police search of Werdin’s computer was lawful because regardless of whether his estranged wife had authority to consent to the search, they reasonably believed that she did.
We also agree that Werdin’s trial counsel was not ineffective. We affirm. This opinion will not be published.
2010AP2087-CR State v. Werdin
Dist II, Winnebago County, Seifert, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Petit, Gregory A., Menasha; For Respondent: Balistreri, Thomas J., Madison; Gossett, Christian A., Oshkosh