By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//June 11, 2013//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//June 11, 2013//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Search and Seizure – consent – authority — coercion
Maurice Collins appeals a judgment convicting him of four counts of armed robbery, as a party to a crime, and one count of possessing a firearm as a felon, as a habitual criminal. Collins also appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. The issues are: (1) whether Autumn Morgan had actual authority to grant the police permission to search the upstairs unit of a duplex she owned; and (2) whether Morgan’s consent to the search was coerced by the police. We affirm. This opinion will not be published.
Dist I, Milwaukee County, Sankovitz, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Mullison, Helen M., Mequon; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Burgundy, Sarah, Madison