4th Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//December 5, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Jonalle L. Ferraro

Case No.: 2018AP498-CR

Officials: BLANCHARD, J.

Focus: 4^th Amendment Violation

Jonalle Ferraro appeals the circuit court’s denial of multiple motions to suppress evidence and the judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, third offense. Ferraro makes three arguments: (1) that an officer who had identified her as a suspect following a reported hit-and-run accident violated the Fourth Amendment when he pursued her into the garage attached to her residence; (2) once in the garage, the officer seized her by unreasonable use of force; and (3) she made in-custody statements that must be suppressed because she had not been given Miranda warnings. See Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966). I conclude that the circuit court properly denied all three motions and accordingly affirm.

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