qUEST FOR JUSTICE

INTERROGATED BY WISCONSIN OFFICERS IN WHEELING, ILLINOIS; OUTSIDE OF THEIR JURISDICTION

Larsen was interrogated and searched in Wheeling, IL by Wisconsin officers who were clearly not only outside of their jurisdiction, but also outside of the state from which that jurisdiction originated.  Larsen has since come to find out, per Wisconsin law, that the Wisconsin officers acting outside of their jurisdiction, under color of law, could not legally obtain consent to search, and also were prohibited from using indicia of authority to collect evidence.  Yet, it was the Wisconsin officers who interrogated Larsen for hours, took all of his clothing, fingernail clippings, and even all of his personal effects that Wheeling police had only taken for inventory purposes (the clothing and fingernail clippings were taken under the threat of "if he didn't relinquish them voluntarily, they would be taken from him anyway").  Larsen was unaware that the Wisconsin officers had actually taken his inventoried personal effects without his permission until long after that had occurred.  This was all done without warrants or court orders for anything.  The officers that his personal property was given to were not even technically officers according to the law, as a Wisconsin officer can only act as an officer within the state of Wisconsin.  In Illinois he is merely a private citizen again, but that is not how they were representing themselves.  Since Wisconsin officers could not legally obtain consent to search, or waivers for the same, the fruits of any subsequent search should not have been admissible.