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STATE v. MATEJKA

No. 99-0070-CR.

241 Wis.2d 52 (2001)

2001 WI 5

621 N.W.2d 891

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jennifer K. MATEJKA, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by James B. Connell and Crooks, Low, Connell & Rottier, S.C., Wausau, and oral argument by James B. Connell.

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was argued by Jennifer E. Nashold, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

¶ 1. DIANE S. SYKES, J.

The issue in this case is whether, under the consent exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement, a driver's consent to a police officer's search of a vehicle extends to a passenger's jacket left in the vehicle at the time of the search. Defendant Jennifer Matejka was one of several passengers in a van that was stopped by a state trooper for a traffic violation. The trooper obtained the driver's

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