Supreme Court of Connecticut
State v. Kelly
August 12, 2014
Summary
The supplied opinion is a dissent rejecting the majority's conclusion that police may briefly detain an otherwise unsuspicious companion of a lawfully detained suspect for officer-protection purposes without individualized suspicion. The dissent would require specific and articulable facts directed to the companion, emphasizing that the officers ordered Kelly to stop even though he was walking away and that the safety justification was thereby manufactured. The dissenting opinion does not state the court's final disposition.