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STATE v. LITTLEJOHN

No. 2007AP900-CR.

747 N.W.2d 712 (2008)

2008 WI App 45

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael A. LITTLEJOHN, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed January 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Stephen W. Kleinmaier, Assistant Attorney General, and J.B. Van Hollen, Attorney General.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of William E. Schmaal, Assistant State Public Defender of Madison.

Before VERGERONT, LUNDSTEN and BRIDGE, JJ.

¶ 1 LUNDSTEN, J.

This is a warrantless-vehicle-search-incident-to-arrest case. The State appeals a circuit court order suppressing evidence obtained from a search of Michael Littlejohn's car. The search occurred after Littlejohn exited his car, locked it, and walked away from it. We conclude that the search was a valid search incident to arrest under New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454<...

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