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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Kloppenburg finds the police officer unconstitutionally seized defendant at his home without a warrant while investigating whether he was responsible for a nearby hit-and-run accident. The officer unlawfully seized defendant without probable cause when he refused to stop questioning him at his doorway after defendant told him he wanted to stop the interview and commanded defendant to accompany him to the scene of the accident so a witness could identify him, after which defendant was driven home, handcuffed and subjected to a warranted blood draw that found him to be intoxicated. Defendant is entitled to suppression of all evidence stemming from his unlawful seizure, including every statement he made after the officer refused to stop questioning him, the witness's identification of him both at the scene of the accident and in court, and the results of the blood draw. The circuit court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress and judgment of conviction are overturned, and the case is remanded for further proceedings. Reversed.