Supreme Court of Connecticut

State v. Espino

November 13, 2020337 Conn. 425

Summary

The court held that police could not detain the defendant under the search-warrant detention exception because she was outside the immediate vicinity of the apartment being searched. The resulting seizure violated the Fourth Amendment, requiring suppression of the evidence obtained from the detention and subsequent apartment search. The conviction was reversed and the case remanded with directions to grant the suppression motion.