Certain core principles underpin our search and seizure
jurisprudence. Individual privacy rights, especially in the
home, are among the most protected. As Justice Robert L.
Clifford wrote for the Court, “we are not dealing with a mere
formality but with an underlying great constitutional principle
embraced by free men and expressed in substantially identical
languag... More...    $0 (11-23-2016 - CT)

It is well established that the state may immunize from prosecution a witness called in its case-in-chief. See generally General Statutes § 54-47a. Theprimaryquestioninthisappealiswhetherthestate, after immunizing such a witness for testimony given during the state’s case-in-chief, may decline to extend that immunity to the same witness in connection with his testimony during the defense case-in-... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - CT)

This case involves an investigatory stop of a motor vehicle. The defendant, Phil Kinch, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after jury trials, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b) and failure to appearinthefirstdegreeinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-172 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant... More...    $0 (08-29-2016 - CT)

The defendant, James Baker, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Practice Book § 43-22.1 After pleading guilty under the Alford doctrine2 to possessing a weapon or dangerous instrumentinacorrectionalinstitutioninviolationofGeneral Statutes § 53a-174a (a),3 the defendant was sentenced to eighteen months of imprisonment. The... More...    $0 (08-29-2016 - CT)

The defendant, William Conway Harper, appeals from the judgment of conviction renderedagainsthimafteracourttrialonchargesofcriminal trespass in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-109 (a) and possession of less than onehalfounceofmarijuanain violationofGeneralStatutes § 21a-279a(a).1 Onappeal,thedefendantclaims(1)that the evidence was insufficient to support either of his chall... More...    $0 (08-16-2016 - CT)

The defendant, John Marshall Spence, appeals from the trial court’s judgment of conviction, renderedafterajurytrial,ofpossessionofchildpornographyinthefirstdegreeinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-196d(a)(1).1 Onappeal,thedefendantclaimsthat the trial court committed error by (1) ‘‘denying the defendant’s motion to suppress his statements’’ made to the police prior to his formal arrest; (2) ‘‘giv... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Jack Severo Bardales, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered aftera jurytrialon threeconsolidateddockets, ofthree counts of possession of narcotics with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b); two counts ofpossessionofmarijuanawithintenttosellinviolation of § 21a-278 (b); one count of possession of narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 21a-2... More...    $0 (04-12-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Carmelito Rodriguez, appeals from the judgment of conviction rendered following a conditional plea of nolo contendere1 to two countsofpossessionofanarcoticsubstancewithintent tosellinviolationofGeneralStatutes§ 21a-278(b).2The defendantclaimsthatthetrialcourterredindenyinghis motion to suppress certain evidence seized from his residence, on the ground that the affidavit in support ... More...    $0 (02-12-2016 - CT)

On May 22, 2012, members of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force went 
to Thompson’s apartment with an arrest warrant. After placing Thompson in 
handcuffs and conducting a protective sweep of the apartment, the officers asked 
if Thompson would consent to a search of the apartment. Thompson eventually 
consented, but he later moved to suppress two digital scales and $2,000 in cash... More...    $0 (12-25-2015 - CT)

The state and the defendant, Shelvonn
Jones, appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court,
which reversed the judgment of conviction, rendered
after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree in
violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2). See State
v. Jones, 139 Conn. App. 469, 470, 487, 56 A.3d 724
(2012). The state claims that the Appellate Court
improperly ... More...    $0 (12-14-2015 - CT)

The principal issue in this certified appealiswhethertheAppellateCourtproperlyreversed the judgment of the trial court on the ground that the seniorassistant state’sattorney(prosecutor) madecertain improper comments during closing argument that deprivedthedefendant,AnthonyMartinez,ofafairtrial. Followinghisconvictionofpossessionofnarcoticswith intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 21a... More...    $0 (11-23-2015 - CT)

Hartford, CT - TYRONE CRUMP, also known as “KT,� 29, of Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.

This matter stems from “Operation Vinefield,â€� a joint law enforcement investigation headed by the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Violent Crimes Ta... More...    $0 (10-29-2014 - CT)

In this case, defendant-appellant Stavros M. Ganias appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of tax evasion. He challenges the conviction on the grounds that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the Government copied three of his computer hard drives pursuant to a search warrant and then retained files beyond the scope of the warrant for more than two-and-a-half ye... More...    $0 (06-17-2014 - CT)

Plaintiff-Appellee sued, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a Connecticut State Trooper and his supervisor in their individual capacities after she discovered that the trooper surreptitiously videotaped her undressing at the Connecticut State Police Training Center. The supervisor appealed from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Alan H. Nevas, Judge) denying h... More...    $0 (02-15-2002 - CT)