Legal Opinion
State v. Geisler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 18, 1992No. 14365PublishedCited by 456 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBerdon, J.
In this appeal, the issue we certified for review is whether “the Appellate Court [was] correct in reversing the trial court’s factual finding that the police reasonably believed that the defendant was in need of emergency assistance, thus rendering entry of the defendant’s home lawful under the emergency doctrine?” State v. Geisler, 220 Conn. 918, 597 A.2d 342 (1991). We conclude that the Appellate Court properly held, on the basis of the facts found by the trial court, that pursuant to the state constitution the warrantless entry was not justified under the emergency doctrine. Therefore, we…
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