By: Derek Hawkins//October 13, 2015//
Criminal
Court of Appeals – District IV
Officials: BLANCHARD, J.
OWI – Motion to Suppress – Reasonable Suspicion
2015AP715-CR State of Wisconsin v. Mark Alan Tralmer
Mark Tralmer appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) as a second offense. A police officer obtained evidence of an OWI offense after stopping Tralmer’s vehicle based on the officer’s belief that Tralmer violated a traffic law by unnecessarily swerving into the wrong lane of a two-way street. Tralmer entered a no contest plea to the OWI charge after the court denied his suppression motion. Tralmer now challenges the suppression ruling, arguing that the officer lacked reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation to justify the stop. For the following reasons I affirm the judgment.
Decision
Affirmed.