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STATE v. SANDERS

No. 2006AP2060-CR.

737 N.W.2d 44 (2007)

2007 WI App 174

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dwight M. SANDERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed June 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patrick M. Donnelly, Assistant State Public Defender, Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Anne C. Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, Attorney General.

Before BROWN, NETTESHEIM and ANDERSON, JJ.

¶ 1 ANDERSON, J.

Dwight M. Sanders argues that the police violated his Fourth Amendment rights when they pursued him into his residence in order to arrest him for obstructing an officer. We hold that the misdemeanor crime of obstructing an officer will not support a warrantless entry of a home under the hot pursuit doctrine. We further conclude that officers lacked probable cause to believe that Sanders was engaged in illegal drug activity and therefore the entry...

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