Suppression of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//September 8, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Troy M. Paulson

Case No.: 2016AP456-CR

Officials: Neubauer, C.J.

Focus: Suppression of Evidence

Troy M. Paulson appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of no contest, of possession of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) and drug paraphernalia. Paulson contends that the evidence the police found in his vehicle should have been suppressed because the police unreasonably prolonged the traffic stop while investigating the identity of the seventeen-year-old female passenger in Paulson’s vehicle and trying to contact her parents until, twenty-five minutes after the initial stop, a police dog arrived on the scene and alerted the police to the presence of drugs in the vehicle. We disagree and affirm.

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