STATE v. XIONG

No. 93-0182-CR.

178 Wis.2d 525 (1993)

504 N.W.2d 428

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leng K. XIONG, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Sharon Ruhly, assistant attorney general.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Glenn L. Cushing, assistant state public defender.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.


BROWN, J.

The state brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's order suppressing evidence found during a warrantless consent search. The issue is whether Leng K. Xiong's wife, Mai Lee, voluntarily consented to a police search of the Xiongs' residence. We conclude that Mai Lee's consent was voluntary under the totality of the circumstances, and we reverse the trial court's order.

On the night of January 23, 1992, the police found Moua Xiong dead...

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