Court Opinion

ID: 9693463
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:42:56.502873+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:47.235737
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Arthur H. Healey, J.
(dissenting). Because I believe that the state failed to demonstrate the presence of the exigent circumstances necessary to establish an exception to the warrant requirement of the fourth amendment regarding the police station parking lot search of the defendant’s automobile; see State v. Johnson, 183 Conn. 148, 438 A.2d 851, cert. denied, 452 U.S. 942, 101 S. Ct. 3089, 69 L. Ed. 2d 957 (1981) (Healey, J., dissenting); the articles seized in that search cannot be utilized as evidence against the defendant. Since I cannot conclude that the introduction of this evidence was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, I would find error and order a new trial.