STATE v. JONES

No. 87-0301-CR.

142 Wis.2d 570 (1987)

419 N.W.2d 263

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Evelyn Tarlyn JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general and Barry M. Levenson, assistant attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jeffrey A. Kaufman and Marna M. Tess-Mattner of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, of Milwaukee.

Before Moser, P.J., Wedemeyer and Sullivan, JJ.


SULLIVAN, J.

Evelyn Tarlyn Jones appeals a judgment convicting her of possession of a firearm in violation of sec. 941.29, Stats. Jones raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the police lacked probable cause to search the car she had been driving and the containers within, and (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing her pursuant to the habitual criminality statute. We conclude that the police had...

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