State v. Thompson

These appeals concern the extent to which the state police are required to minimize electronic *362surveillance when conducting telephone wiretaps pursuant to General Statutes § 54-41a et seq. (wiretap statute), in the course of a narcotics investigation. In each case, the trial court dismissed informations charging the defendants Neil J. Thompson, Robert E. Parker, Jr., James C. Black, and Frank P. LePore with conspiracy to possess and distribute narcotics, after the defendants successfully moved, on the basis of inadequate minimization, to suppress evidence obtained from the wiretaps.1 From the…