Legal Opinion
State v. Santos
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 27, 2004No. SC 16924PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly denied the defendant’s motion to suppress narcotics seized following a warrantless patdown search for weapons. The defendant, Pablo E. Santos, appeals from the trial court’s judgment of conviction, rendered following a conditional plea of nolo contendere, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a).1 He claims that the actions of the police constituted a search and seizure violative of his *497state constitutional rights under article first, §§ 7, 8 and…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
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3Cited by47 opinions
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