By: Derek Hawkins//December 5, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael E. Hale
Case No.: 2018AP812
Officials: FITZPATRICK, J.
Focus: OWI – Probable Cause
Michael Hale appeals an order of the circuit court which held that he refused to submit to a chemical test in violation of WIS. STAT. § 343.305(9)(a). Hale challenges whether the officer had probable cause to believe that Hale was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and to arrest him for that crime. For the following reasons, I affirm.