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State of Connecticut v. Billy Waller, Jr.
    
      Steven D. Brown, in support of the petition.
    
      Margaret Gaffney Rodionovas, deputy assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
    Decided October 3, 1991
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 25 Conn. App. 575, is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Whether pursuant to article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution, Officer Vivo’s warrantless search of the defendant’s car was unreasonable since the defendant did not have access to a weapon or the ability to destroy evidence of a crime?

“2. Whether the warrantless search of the defendant’s car could be justified under any exception to the warrant requirement found in article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution, especially since the defendant was restrained from reaching his vehicle, and Officer Vivo lacked any reason to justify the search?”