State v. Coardes

Opinion

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a juiy trial, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 2 la-278 (b) and possession of a controlled substance in violation of General Statutes § 21a-279 (c). The sole issue before us is whether, in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress, the trial court properly concluded that the police officers had sufficient information to justify a Terry1 stop of the defendant’s vehicle. We conclude that the sum total of the information known to the…