Legal Opinion
State v. Smolen
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 29, 1967No. File No. MV 12-37020PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The defendant was convicted in a trial to the court of failure to carry registration certificate, in violation of § 14-13 (b) of the General Statutes,1 and of failure to obey orders of an officer, in violation of § 14-223,2 and he has appealed from the judgment.
The facts are substantially undisputed. On December 16, 1966, at about 9:30 p.m., two uniformed state police troopers were engaged in spot-checking all automobiles by means of a roadblock which was set up at the intersection of route 32 and Crow Hill Road, public highways, in the town of Stafford, for the purpose of checking safety…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Rios v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Thomas Busby and James Iman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Dennis Paul Lipton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. John Lee BowenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- State v. TowlesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- State v. StovallWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. LeninskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- State v. GarciaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
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