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Law Libraries' NewsLog > Categories
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9/1/2009
Below is the search and seizure Appellate Court opinion issued in August 2009:
AC29138 - State v. Madison ("On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly denied his motion to suppress 'rocks' of crack cocaine found by a police officer in the vehicle the defendant was driving.") 7/6/2009
Below are the search and seizure Appellate Court opinions issued in June 2009:
AC29769 - State v. Alexander ("On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress certain evidence after concluding improperly that he had failed to sustain his burden of establishing a subjective expectation of privacy in a common hallway in the apartment building in which he lived.")
AC29905 - State v. Graves ("On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence of a brown paper bag containing marijuana because it improperly (1) determined that a police officer was in 'hot pursuit' of the defendant and therefore did not need a warrant to conduct a search, (2) concluded that the officer, a municipal police officer from Rhode Island, was permitted to conduct police activities in Connecticut and (3) failed to hold that the officer’s search of an open field, which revealed the bag, was illegal because of the officer’s out-of-state status and because no exigent circumstances were present.") 6/2/2009
Below is the search and seizure Appellate Court opinion issued in May 2009:
AC28448 - State v. Ryder ("The only remaining issue requiring our attention is whether the court properly denied the motions of the defendant, Gary Ryder, to suppress the evidence obtained as a result of the warrantless search of his home and to dismiss the case.") 5/18/2009
State v. Browne - SC18065 (Possession of marijuana; whether seizure of marijuana was lawful under plain view doctrine; validity of warrant that mistakenly authorized search for and seizure of cocaine and crack cocaine instead of marijuana; scrivener's error; severance doctrine; conditional plea of nolo contendere; motion to suppress.) 5/4/2009
Below is the search and seizure Appellate Court opinion issued in April 2009:
AC28567 - State v. Richards ("The defendant argues that the court’s denial of the motion to suppress was improper because the investigatory detention was not constitutionally permissible and the evidence seized from the automobile was the fruit of this police activity.") 3/3/2009
AC29099 - State v. Moore ("On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) a search of his apartment by his probation officer violated his rights under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution, (2) the evidence was insufficient for the court to conclude that the defendant had violated his probation and (3) the court abused its discretion in revoking the defendant’s probation.") 1/5/2009
Below is a Search and Seizure Appellate Court opinion issued in December 2008:
AC28554 - State v. Wilson (“On appeal, the defendant has raised three claims: (1) the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress the evidence seized during a search of his vehicle; (2) certain comments made by the prosecutor in closing argument constituted prosecutorial impropriety; and (3) the court’s jury instructions regarding reasonable doubt were constitutionally infirm.”) 12/1/2008
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AC28448 - State v. Ryder (“The defendant was convicted of illegal possession of a reptile in violation of § 26-55 after the trial court denied his motion to dismiss and his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of the warrantless search of his home.”) 10/31/2008
("The defendant...appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of § 21a-277 (a) and interfering with an officer in violation of § 53a-167a. The defendant claims that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to support his conviction.") 9/15/2008State v. Burroughs - SC17894 (Possession of narcotics with intent to sell by person who is not drug-dependent; marijuana; motion to suppress evidence of drugs; certification from Appellate Court; whether Appellate Court correctly concluded that defendant was illegally seized when officers exited their police cruiser, which they pulled up behind defendant's vehicle without activating their siren or flashing lights, and began to approach defendant's vehicle; whether defendant was seized within meaning of article first, §§ 7 and 9, of Connecticut constitution; whether there was show of police authority sufficient to cause reasonable person in defendant's position to believe that he was not free to leave.) 9/4/2008
State v. Foreman - SC17697 (Criminal; Search and Seizure; Whether Motion to Suppress DNA Evidence was Properly Denied; Whether Defendant's Right to Access Counsel Pursuant to State v. Stoddard was Violated; Whether Foundational Requirements for Admission of Scientific Evidence were Satisfied.) 8/4/2008
State v. Mullins - SC18097 (Criminal; Search and Seizure; Whether Confession was Given During a Custodial Interrogation Without Miranda Warnings and was the Product of Police Coercion.) 4/14/2008
State v. Grant - SC18005 [Criminal; Search and Seizure; Whether a Search Warrant that Authorized the Seizure of a Sample of Defendant's Blood was Supported by Probable Cause; Whether Defendant was Entitled to a Franks Hearing.]
4/9/2008
State v. Johnson - SC17939 [docket summary] [Criminal ; search and seizure; totality of the circumstances test; whether trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress tangible evidence seized as a result of his warrantless arrest; whether court's jury instructions restricted defendant's right to an effective closing argument]
1/28/2008
State v. Kalphat - SC17932 [docket summary] (Criminal; Search and Seizure; Standing; Whether Defendant had Standing to Challenge Search and Seizure of Packages, not Addressed to him, that he Picked up at Private Freight Carrier.) |
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