Court Error – Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Bill Yang

Case No.: 2018AP2439-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Court Error – Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

Bill Yang appeals a judgment convicting him of fifteen drug-related felonies, five counts of felony bail jumping, and two felony counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. Yang contends the circuit court erred by denying his motions: (1) to suppress evidence law enforcement obtained from an automobile dealership that serviced his car and also from a GPS locator after it was maintained by law enforcement at the dealership; (2) to exclude on Confrontation Clause grounds out-of-court statements made by a deceased co-defendant; and (3) to have the judge recuse himself at sentencing on due process grounds. We conclude the circuit court properly denied Yang’s suppression motion; Yang forfeited the right to raise a Confrontation Clause claim on appeal by entering no-contest pleas; and Yang has failed to develop a coherent argument regarding judicial disqualification. Therefore, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

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