Case ID: conn_222/html/0910-01.html
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State of Connecticut v. Paul DeFusco
    
      John R. Donovan, in support of the petition.
    
      Judith Rossi, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
    Decided May 21, 1992
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 27 Conn. App. 248, is granted, limited to the following questions:

“1. Does article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution protect garbage left for collection at the curbside of a residence?

“2. If the answer to the first question is ‘no,’ was the search warrant in this case supported by probable cause?”