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State v. Ostroski

Citations

  • 186 Conn. 287
  • 440 A.2d 984
  • 1982 Conn. LEXIS 459

How courts have described this case

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

  • person is “seized” when freedom of movement is restrained by physical force or show of authority
  • seizure of a person takes place “only if, in view of all the circumstances surrounding the incident, a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave.”
  • defendant told \you have to come to homicide with us\; deemed coercive
  • three hour interrogation and no transportation indicate defendant was in custody

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Speziale, Peters, Healey, Armentano, Bieluch

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44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named State v. Ostroski

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