State v. Morrissey, 212 Conn. 821

The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍from the Appellate Court, 18 Conn. App. 658, is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍the Appellate Court err in remanding this case for a factual determination concerning the ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍reasonableness of the police officer’s search in reliance upon its decision in State v. Brown, 14 Conn. App. ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍605, holding that there is a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule under ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution?”

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Morrissey

Court Name: Supreme Court of Connecticut

Date Published: Oct 12, 1989

Citations: 212 Conn. 821; 565 A.2d 541; 1989 Conn. LEXIS 310

Court Abbreviation: Conn.