Supreme Court of Connecticut

State v. Espino

November 13, 2020337 Conn. 425

Summary

The court held that police could not rely on the warrant-based detention exception to seize the defendant in a vehicle located in the apartment building’s parking lot while executing a search warrant for an apartment in that building. Because the defendant was outside the immediate vicinity of the searched premises and the state identified no other justification for the seizure, the evidence derived from the detention should have been suppressed, requiring reversal and remand.