By: Derek Hawkins//March 2, 2016//
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Andy J. Parisi
Case No.: 2014AP1267-CR
Focus: Motion to Suppress
Motion to suppress results of blood test for violation of 4th amendment trumped by existent circumstances exception.
“The officers in this case were confronted with a medical emergency in which there were several unknown facts. The officers did not know with certainty what Parisi had ingested and, once heroin was suspected, did not know when he had ingested it or how much he had ingested.”
Affirmed
A.W. BRADLEY, ABRAHAMSON, J.J., dissent.(Opinion Filed)