Byline: Derek Hawkins
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Heather Jan VanBeek
Case No.: 2021 WI 51
Focus: Certification 4th Amendment Violation Reasonable Suspicion and Seizures
This case is before us on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. (Rule) 809.61 (2019-20). The court of appeals certified the following question: "whether a consensual encounter becomes an unconstitutional seizure under the Fourth Amendment when an officer requests and takes an individual's driver's...