STATE v. CONAWAY

Nos. 2008AP1815-CR, 2008AP1816-CR.

779 N.W.2d 182 (2009)

2010 WI App 7

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Phillip Brian CONAWAY, Defendant-Respondent. State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Craig Griffin, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed December 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Eileen W. Pray, assistant attorney general, and J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Phillip Brian Conaway, the cause was submitted on the brief of Philip J. Brehm of Janesville.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent Craig Griffin, the cause was submitted on the brief of Michael Shannon Murphy, The Law Office of Michael Shannon Murphy, Janesville.

Before DYKMAN, P.J., VERGERONT and LUNDSTEN, JJ.


¶ 1 LUNDSTEN, J.

A police officer stopped a car because of a suspected window tint violation. The stop resulted in the discovery of heroin and drug paraphernalia. The occupants of the car, Phillip Conaway and Craig Griffin, moved to suppress the drug evidence, asserting that the stop was not supported by reasonable suspicion that the rear window failed to meet the applicable light-pass-through standard in the administrative...

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