STATE v. TOMPKINS

No. 86-0095-CR.

144 Wis.2d 116 (1987)

423 N.W.2d 823

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Henry L. TOMPKINS, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by James A. Walrath, and Shellow, Shellow & Glynn, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by James A. Walrath.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.


STEINMETZ, J.

This is an automobile search case taken upon a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals which affirmed Tompkins' conviction for possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver, entered by the circuit court for Fond du Lac county, Honorable Eugene F. McEssey, judge.

We find that under the facts, as a matter of law, there was probable cause to search the defendant's motor vehicle. We further hold that because the agents had probable...

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