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State v. Copeland

Citations

  • 205 Conn. 201
  • 530 A.2d 603
  • 1987 Conn. LEXIS 1000

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • officer’s request that defendant hand over clothes not reasonably likely to elicit defendant’s subsequent incriminating response
  • defendant convicted of arson arising from a search incident to arrest for disorderly conduct and breach of the peace
  • “once the accused is lawfully arrested and is in custody, the effects in his possession at the place of detention that were subject to search at the time and place of arrest may lawfully be seized without a warrant”
  • odor may establish probable cause to arrest
  • appellate courts do not find facts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Callahan, Healey, Peters

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