OWI – Probable Cause

By: Derek Hawkins//May 1, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Jacqueline M. Datka

Case No.: 2017AP1886-CR

Officials: NEUBAUER, C.J

Focus: OWI – Probable Cause

Jacqueline M. Datka appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) with a passenger under sixteen years of age and challenges the denial of her motion to suppress. She asserts that the officer’s request for a preliminary breath test (PBT) was not supported by the requisite probable cause. Because an eyewitness report, observations by officers, and indicators from field sobriety tests supported the request, we affirm.

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