State v. Trine

Decided 1996-03-12

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PETERS, C. J. The principal issue in this certified appeal is whether, in all circumstances, article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution 1 prohibits the seizure *218 of nonthreatening contraband that a police officer feels during a lawful patdown search for weapons. The state charged the defendant, Terrence Trine, with possession of narc…

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