RINEHART v. STATE

No. State 192.

63 Wis.2d 760 (1974)

218 N.W.2d 323

RINEHART, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there were briefs by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, and Richard M. Sals, assistant state public defender, and oral argument by Mr. Sals.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by Robert D. Martinson, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.


BEILFUSS, J.

The defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence nor the sentence imposed. He does present several issues that blend into two contentions: (1) The officer did not have probable cause to believe the defendant committed the crimes, and (2) that an arrest without a warrant was illegal.

"Probable cause" has been defined in many cases in this court and elsewhere. A recent definition appears in State v. Paszek (1971), ...

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