Legal Opinion
State v. Brocuglio
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 2003No. SC 16590PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The defendant, Anthony J. Brocuglio, was convicted, after a jury trial, of two counts of interfering with an officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a.1 The sole issue in this certified appeal2 is whether the defendant’s conduct in response to the police officers’ illegal entry3 into the backyard of his residence *781dissipated the taint of the unlawful entry, thereby precluding the defendant from invoking the exclusionary rule to suppress evidence derived from the unlawful entry. The state appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which concluded that the trial…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Segura v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rogers v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by39 opinions
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Lopez v. SmileyDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2005
- Brown v. City of DanvilleCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
- Harris v. Bradley Memorial Hospital & Health Center, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- State v. EserjoseWashington Supreme Court · 2011
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