Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 16, 1991No. 14095PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a search warrant issued on the basis of an affidavit alleging a single drug sale in the defendants’ apartment was stale when it was obtained five days after the alleged sale and executed the day after it was obtained. The defendants, David Johnson and Diane McIntosh, were each convicted, after a jury trial, of the crimes of possession of heroin in violation of General Statutes § 21a-279 (a), and possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of General Statutes § 21a-267 (a).1 Each appealed to the Appellate Court, *560where the appeals were…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Andresen v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by46 opinions
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. DeFuscoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. BovaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. DuntzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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