Search and Seizure — pat-down searches

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//October 1, 2013//

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Criminal

Search and Seizure — pat-down searches — reasonable suspicion

James Earl Wilkins, Jr., appeals a judgment entered upon his guilty plea to possessing cocaine as a second or subsequent offense. He argues that the trial court erroneously denied his motion to suppress evidence that police found during a traffic stop. Because the totality of the circumstances warranted the protective frisk that uncovered the evidence, and because the police acted appropriately in retrieving the cocaine that Wilkins had clenched in his buttocks, we affirm. This opinion will not be published.

2012AP256-CR State v. Wilkins

Dist I, Milwaukee County, Borowski, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys: For Appellant: Connors, Scott D., Wauwatosa; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Larson, Sarah K., Madison

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