State of Connecticut v. Solomon Boyd

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s murder conviction. It held that the defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone, but the seizure and search were valid under the automobile exception because New York law governed the out-of-state search and the police had probable cause to believe the phone contained evidence of drug activity. The court also held that improperly admitted uncharged-misconduct evidence was harmless, that the challenged post-warning statements and prosecutorial comment did not violate the defendant’s right to remain silent, and that the requested special credibility instruction claim was unpreserved.