Legal Opinion
State v. Ocasio
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 24, 2009No. AC 29039PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROBINSON, J.
The defendant, Luis M. Ocasio, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following his conditional plea of nolo contendere, to sale of narcotics by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (a). The plea followed the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly denied the motion to suppress the evidence obtained following the investigative or Terry stop of his motor vehicle because the police officers did not possess a reasonable and articulable suspicion of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Florida v. J. L.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. DotsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015
- State v. HoughtalingConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015
- State v. OcasioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- State v. OrtizConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
- State v. RodriguezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
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