Monday, October 19, 2009

Supreme Court pending cases October 16, 2009

The Wisconsin Supreme Court posted an updated Table of Pending Cases [html | pdf] "Added the recently accepted case":

State v. Sveum (2008AP658-CR) review of the Court of Appeals decision, 2009 WI App 81, granted on the issues:
Does a warrantless placement of a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device on a vehicle and its subsequent 24-hour monitoring of the vehicle’s location on public roads by police violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution?

Does the Wisconsin Electronic Surveillance Control Law (Wis. Stat. §§968.27-.37) require judicial approval for the police to place a GPS tracking device on a vehicle to record its travel?