Legal Opinion
State v. Mitchell
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 8, 2000No. AC 18366PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’CONNELL, C. J.
The defendant, John Mitchell, appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered on the trial court’s acceptance of his conditional plea of nolo contendere1 to the charge of carrying a pistol or a revolver on his person in violation of General Statutes § 29-35 (a). The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) refused to grant his motion to suppress the evidence and (2) determined that the seizure was a permissible Terry stop.2 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts are relevant to this appeal. Shortly after midnight, on the night of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Steagald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. CooperConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Houghtaling v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021
- State v. JevarjianConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
- State v. KendrickConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- State v. ThompsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
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