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Connecticut Appellate Court· 9/22/1992

State v. Miller

Citations

  • 29 Conn. App. 207
  • 614 A.2d 1229
  • 1992 Conn. App. LEXIS 368

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  • accepting principles set forth in Justice Harlan’s dissenting opinion in Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S. Ct. 1975, 26 L. Ed. 2d 419 (1970), as consistent with principles of warrant requirement of article first, § 7
  • departure from federal constitutional precedent is usually justified only when United States Supreme Court “has created exceptions to or deviated from rules previously enunciated by it” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • Connecticut courts have construed provisions in their state constitution to provide greater protection than the federal Constitution, especially \where the United States Supreme Court `has created exceptions to or deviated from rules previously enunciated'\
  • Connecticut courts have construed provisions in their state constitution to provide greater protection than the federal Constitution, especially “where the United States Supreme Court ‘has created exceptions to or deviated from rules previously enunciated’ ”
  • “[because the seizure of the gun did not owe its origin in material part to the [illegal] Terry stop, the Terry stop cannot provide a basis for excluding the gun from evidence”
  • decisions of the United States Supreme Court defining fundamental rights are persuasive authority to be afforded respectful consideration, but they are to be followed by Connecticut courts only when they provide no less individual protection than is guaranteed by Connecticut law

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Judges: Heiman

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