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STATE v. RUTZINSKI

No. 98-3541-CR.

241 Wis.2d 729 (2001)

2001 WI 22

623 N.W.2d 516

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Paul RUTZINSKI, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Craig A. Mastantuono, Maureen B. Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald & Mastantuono, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Craig A. Mastantuono.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

This case requires us to decide under what circumstances a cell-phone call from an unidentified motorist provides sufficient justification for an investigative traffic stop. Relying on information obtained from such a call, a Greendale police officer, Jerome Sardina (Officer Sardina), made an investigative traffic stop of the petitioner, Paul Rutzinski (Rutzinski). During this stop, Officer Sardina obtained evidence that Rutzinski was operating...

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