Legal Opinion
State v. Hammond
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 21, 2001No. SC 16424PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether the investigatory stop of the defendant, Tommy Hammond, by police violated his lights under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution.1 After reviewing in the aggregate the trial court’s findings, which are not challenged, we conclude that the police did not have the requisite reasonable suspicion before stopping the defendant. Consequently, the evidence recovered as a direct consequence of that unlawful stop should have been suppressed.
The record discloses the following procedural history. The defendant was…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by31 opinions
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