By: Derek Hawkins//January 8, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: Wood County v. Trevor J. Krizan
Case No.: 2019AP350
Officials: KLOPPENBURG, J.
Focus: 4th Amendment Violation – Search and Seizure
Wood County appeals the circuit court order granting Trevor Krizan’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of an unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The County argues that the court erred because there was no seizure implicating the protections of the Fourth Amendment. In the alternative, the County argues that, if a seizure occurred, the seizure was lawful because it was supported by reasonable suspicion or it was justified because the officer was exercising his duties as a community caretaker. I affirm for the reasons that follow.