Legal Opinion
State v. DeFusco
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 23, 1993No. 14544PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution1 prohibits the police from conducting warrant-less searches and seizures of garbage placed at the curb for collection. The state charged the defendant, Paul DeFusco, by substitute information with possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a),2 and the trial court accepted his conditional plea of nolo contendere.3 The defendant *629appealed to the Appellate Court, which affirmed the judgment of conviction. State v. DeFusco, 27 Conn. App. 248, 606 A.2d 1…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- California v. CiraoloSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by87 opinions
- Litchfield v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
- State v. SivriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Binette v. SaboSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Moran v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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