State v. Penna

On May 8, 1967, Detectives John R. O’Connor and Robert Ferguson, assigned to the gambling and narcotics division of the New Haven police department, made written application under oath for a search and seizure warrant before a judge of the Circuit Court to “enter into or upon and search the place or thing described as 112 Putnam Street, New Haven, Connecticut” and “search the person of Frank Penna.” The judge before whom the sworn application was made was “satisfied . . . that grounds exist for said Application” and found “that the affidavit establishes grounds and probable cause to issue…