State v. Novoa

The only issue in this certified criminal appeal is whether the Appellate Court correctly determined that information obtained as the result of a properly authorized wiretap may be admitted into evidence in a criminal prosecution under General Statutes § 21a-278.1 In the trial court, the defendant, Rosalbina Novoa, was charged with conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to sell, in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 and 21a-278 (b). After the denial of her pre*324trial motion to suppress wiretap evidence, a jury convicted her of the crime charged and the trial court sentenced her to a…