State v. Kono
Supreme Court of Connecticut
1Opinion of the CourtPalmer, J.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution 1 prohibits the police from conducting a warrantless canine sniff of the front door of a condominium in a multiunit condominium complex, and the common hallway adjacent thereto, for the purpose of detecting marijuana inside the condominium. The state appeals 2 from the judgment of the trial court, which suppressed evidence seized from the condominium of the defendant, Dennis Kono, following such a canine sniff. The trial court concluded that the canine sniff constituted a search within the…
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