By: Derek Hawkins//July 25, 2018//
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Christopher John Kerr
Case No.: 2018 WI 87
Focus: Motion to Suppress Evidence
This is a review of the Bayfield County circuit court’s order granting Christopher John Kerr’s (“Kerr”) motion to suppress evidence discovered during a search incident to arrest on the basis that “‘judicial integrity’ is vital enough to justify exclusion of evidence when the issuing court’s arrest warrant was invalid ab initio.” We reverse.
Reversed and Remanded
Concur: ZIEGLER, J., concurs, joined by ROGGENSACK, C.J., GABLEMAN, J., and KELLY, J., (joins footnote 2) (opinion filed).
Dissent: A.W. BRADLEY, J., dissents, joined by ABRAHAMSON, J. (opinion filed).