State v. Scott

The defendant was convicted, after a trial to the court, of attempted murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-49 and carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes §§ 29-35 and 29-37 (b). He was arrested after the police entered his house with probable cause for an arrest, but without an arrest warrant and without his consent. Immediately thereafter, at the police station, the police performed an atomic absorption test on the defendant’s hands to test for the presence of chemical elements consistent with the recent firing of a gun. The sole issue in…