By: Derek Hawkins//March 20, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Hakeem Dontrail Harris
Case No.: 2017AP274-CR
Officials: Brennan, P.J., Brash and Dugan, JJ.
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence – Unreasonable Seizure
Hakeem Dontrail Harris appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. He argues the seizure that led to the discovery of the gun was unlawful. First, he argues that the vehicle’s location within fifteen feet of a crosswalk is insufficient absent additional facts to provide reasonable suspicion that it was illegally parked. Second, he argues that even if the seizure had a lawful basis, the manner in which the investigatory stop was conducted constituted a Fourth Amendment violation—that it was overly intrusive under the circumstances—such that the evidence obtained must be suppressed. We affirm.