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OWI – Motion to Suppress – Reasonable Suspicion

By: Derek Hawkins//October 13, 2015//

OWI – Motion to Suppress – Reasonable Suspicion

By: Derek Hawkins//October 13, 2015//

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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.

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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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