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Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion

By: Derek Hawkins//August 12, 2020//

Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion

By: Derek Hawkins//August 12, 2020//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Ronald J. Wendling

Case No.: 2017AP895-CR

Officials: Blanchard, Graham, and Nashold, JJ.

Focus: Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion

Ronald Wendling appeals a judgment of conviction. The issue is whether a police officer had reasonable suspicion to stop Wendling’s vehicle because, when the officer checked the vehicle’s license plate number in a database, the officer received a response to the effect of “unable to process.” We conclude that there was reasonable suspicion. We affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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