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State v. Miller

Citations

  • 227 Conn. 363
  • 630 A.2d 1315
  • 1993 Conn. LEXIS 286

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  • holding that once a vehicle has been impounded, a warrantless search is no longer permitted under the automobile exception
  • holding that warrantless searches of impounded automobiles violate Connecticut constitution, despite United States Supreme Court holding in Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S. Ct. 1975, 26 L. Ed. 2d 419 [1970]
  • including, inter alia, a review of the history and text of the constitution, the decisions of sister states, and economic/sociological considerations
  • including, inter alia, a review of the history and text of the constitution, the decisions of sister states, and economic/sociological considerations
  • refusing to adopt Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 51-52, 90 S. Ct. 1975, 26 L. Ed. 2d 419 [1970], as matter of state constitutional law, by holding that warrantless noninventory search of automobile impounded by police is violation of article first, § 7
  • warrantless automobile search supported by probable cause but conducted after vehicle has been towed to impound lot violates state constitution

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Judges: Callahan, Peters

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