State v. Mooney

The dispositive issue of this appeal is whether, under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution, the defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in certain closed containers located in the area under a highway bridge abutment where he was living. The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of felony mur*87der in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c,2 and robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (l).3 He claims that the trial court improperly: (1) denied his motion to suppress certain evidence gathered as a…