Sufficiency of Evidence – Unreasonable Seizure

By: Derek Hawkins//March 22, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Matthew Dylan Bump

Case No.: 2017AP1069-CR

Officials: Sherman, Blanchard, and Fitzpatrick, JJ.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence – Unreasonable Seizure

Matthew Bump appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Bump argues that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized during the warrantless, unconsented entry to his residence and entry to his locked bedroom by police. We conclude that the two searches were reasonable under the community caretaker exception to the Fourth Amendment and accordingly affirm.

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