State v. Waz

Opinion

PALMER, J.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution1 prohibits the police from subjecting a mail parcel in the possession of the United States Postal Service to a canine sniff examination by a trained narcotics detection dog based upon a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the mail contains illegal drugs. The defendant, Jamison Martin Waz, entered a conditional plea of nolo contendere, under General Statutes § 54-94a and Practice Book § 4003 (a),2 to possession of *367more than four ounces of marijuana in violation of…