State v. Cofield

The state of Connecticut’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 22 Conn. App. 10, is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Did the Appellate Court correctly find a fourth amendment seizure in the absence of the intentional acquisition of physical control over the defendant by the police?

“2. Alternatively, where a police officer was walking parallel to and had reached the exterior rear of the car in which the defendant was seated, with a drawn gun that was held at his side but not pointed, did the Appellate Court properly hold that from the perspective of a…