State v. Carter

After a jury trial, the defendant appeals from his judgment of conviction of illegal possession of a narcotic substance in violation of General Statutes § 21a-279. The defendant claims that the trial court *119should have considered his motion to suppress based upon its ruling that he lacked standing to assert a fourth amendment challenge to the search of the apartment from which the evidence was seized. We reverse the trial court’s judgment.

After the defendant filed a motion to suppress, the state argued that the defendant lacked standing to challenge the search of Helen Boykin’s .apartment. At…