222 Wis. 2d 311 - State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “Although we will defer to a magistrate's conclusion whenever possible, and we will permit reasonable inferences to sustain the reliability and timeliness of information in a warrant application, neither the Fourth Amendment nor Article I, § 11 of the Wisconsin Constitution permits a magistrate to infer a link between evidence of drug dealing and the dealer's residence when the application is devoid of any facts or information from which to infer such a link.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ward

2. “THE COURT: What about my experience has (sic) been that in the last eight years, I have had numerous cases that deal with this kind of thing, and I can't remember a time when somebody was dealing drugs when they weren't being dealt out of the person's house? Now, maybe there are different customs everywhere, but here in Beloit, that's been every case that I have ever had.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ward

3. “2.) Your affiant further states he is familiar with the confidential files kept by the Beloit Police Department Special Operations Bureau and as a result knows that the Beloit Police Department has received four pieces of intelligence indicating that Lance Ward is a drug dealer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ward