State v. Brown

During the course of an investigation of a robbery at a Hartford bank, several police officers, who were pursuing their duties on the street outside the bank, observed an individual in the crowd for whom they had a pending arrest warrant. They proceeded to arrest that individual and place him in their cruiser. Subsequent to that arrest, a disturbance broke out near the cruiser and the crowd, which had gathered as a result of the bank robbery, was attracted by the disturbance.

At that point, the defendant, who was on duty as a United States postman, approached the officers near the cruiser who…